ART. — .] PUBLIC EDUCATION.

CHAPTER VII.
Schools.

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SEC. 1. The schools under the charge of the board
of county school commissioners for each county, shall
respectively be designated school No. 1, 2, 3, &c., of
their respective election districts.

How schools
designated.

2. In every school house district in each county,
established as hereinafter provided, there shall be kept,
for ten months in each year, one or more schools, ac-

How long kept
open.

cording to population, which shall be free to all white
youth over six and under twenty-one years of age.

Free to whites.

3. In every district school there shall be taught
orthography, reading, writing, English grammar, geo-
graphy, arithmetic, history of the United States, the
constitution of the United States, the constitution of
the state of Maryland, and good behavior. Algebra,
book-keeping, natural philosophy, vocal music, draw-
ing, physiology, the laws of health, and of domestic
economy, shall also be taught whenever the board of
district school commissioners shall deem it expedient.

What taught.

4. Whenever a school numbers more than forty-five
children in average attendance, an assistant may be
employed by the board of county school commissioners,
and for every additional forty children, one teacher may
be appointed ; and the board of county school commis-
sionere shall direct the division of the pupils, so as to
form a graded school.

Additional
teachers.

5. Whenever the number of children attending
school in any school district is greater than one hun-
dred, then the hoard of county school commissioners
may, with the consent of the board of district school
commissioners, establish schools of different grades, or
the school district may be divided ; and whenever the
average attendance in any school, for any two consecu-
tive terms, is less than ten pupils, then said school may

Schools of dif-
ferent grades.

be closed by the board of county school commissioners ;
provided, that the board of district school commission-

School may be
closed.
Proviso.