ART. — .] PUBLIC EDUCATION.

professors, who shall be appointed by the trustees of the
normal school, and to have such salaries and perform
such duties as said board may direct. And the state
superintendent now acting under the system of public
instruction about to expire by limitation of the consti-

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tution, shall transfer all school property and effects in
his hands to the principal of the state normal school.

Property to
vest in princi-
pal.

4. The sessions of the state normal school shall be
determined by the board of trustees of state normal

Sessions nor-
mal school.

school; provided, that the school shall be open for not
less than nine months in each year.

Proviso.

5. Students of both sexes shall be admitted to the
state normal school; females at the age of sixteen
years, and males at the age of seventeen years. The
students shall be apportioned by the trustees of the
state normal school among the several counties and the
city of Baltimore, in proportion to their respective
representation in the general assembly of the state.
The students shall be selected by the several boards of
county school commissioners, and the board of commis-
sioners of public schools of the city of Baltimore, from
among persons having the scholastic qualifications
hereinbefore required for teachers. Before any ap-
pointment shall be made, the applicants shall procure
the certificate of the county examiner in testimony of
their scholastic proficiency, and also file a written dec-
laration that their object in obtaining admission is to
qualify themselves as public school teachers, and that
it is their intention to engage in the profession of teach-
ing within the state, and in case any students shall fail
to fulfil the condition upon which they were admitted
they shall forfeit and pay thirty dollars for each session
they have attended the normal school, to be collected
as other debts are collected, and to be applied for the
benefit of the normal school. If there be not appli-
cants sufficient from any county or the city, then the
principal of the normal school may fill all vacancies
by selecting applicants possessing the requisite qualifi-
cations, from any other portion of the state, in the
proportion aforesaid.

Students in
state normal
school.