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regular session thereafter, from among the presidents
and examiners of the several county boards four per-
sons, (one of whom shall be a resident of the eastern
shore,) who, together with the principal of the state
normal school, shall constitute the board of state school
commissioners.

2. The board of county school commissioners shall
be composed of three persons appointed by the judges
of the circuit courts to serve for two years from the
first day of January next succeeding said appointment,

Judges of cir-
cuit court to
appoint board
of county
school commis-
sioners.

and until their successors shall qualify ; provided, that
in counties having over one hundred schools, five per-
sons shall be appointed.

Proviso.

3. The board of district school commissioners shall
be composed of three persons, who shall be appointed
by the county school commissioners on the first day of
May, or at their first meeting thereafter in each year.

CHAPTER III.
Duties of the State School Commissioners.

County school
commissioners
to appoint dis-
trict school
commissioners

SEC. 1. The board of state school commissioners
shall hold regular meetings on the last Wednesday
in May, August, November and February, of every
year, and special meetings as occasion may require.

Meetings of
state board.

2. The office of the board shall be in the state nor-
mal school.

Location of
office.

3. The members of the board shall receive no salary,
but actual expenses incurred in attending meetings of
the board, and they are authorized to employ clerical
assistance when necessary; the treasurer, upon the
warrant of the comptroller, is hereby authorized to
pay to the president of the board such amount, not
exceeding one thousand dollars per annum, as he
shall show to be due for these necessary expenses.

Actual expen-
ses and clerical
assistance al-
lowed.

4. The board of state school commissioners shall, to
the best of their ability, cause the provisions of this
law to be carried into effect, and may, if necessary,
institute legal proceedings for that purpose, with the

Board to ex-
plain this law
and carry it
into effect .