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PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. — .
certificate, and shall give notice thereof to the board of

Proviso.
Appeal.

state school commissioners; provided, that an appeal
shall lie to the board of state school commissioners,
whose decision shall be final.

Life certifi-
cates to teach-
ers.

5. Any person holding a first grade teacher's certifi-
cate, or the diploma of a respectable college, or of a
state normal school, who has been a teacher for seven
years, of which five shall have been spent in the state
of Maryland, may apply to the board of state school
commissioners for a life certificate, which, if granted,
shall exempt him from any further examinations. Said
certificate may be annulled by said board at any time
on account of immoral or unprofessional conduct.

Teachers' sala-
ries.

6. The salaries of teachers of each county shall be
fixed by the board of county school commissioners.

CHAPTER IX.
Pupils.

Who to be ad-
mitted.

SEC. 1. All white youth, between the ages of six
and twenty-one years, shall be admitted into the pub-
lic schools of the state, the studies of which they may

Proviso.

be able to pursue; provided, that whenever there are
graded schools the teachers and board of district school
commissioners shall determine to which school pupils
shall be admitted.

Board may
suspend or ex-
pel pupils

2. The board of district school commissioners shall
have power to suspend and expel pupils for cause;

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provided, that an appeal shall lie to the board of
county school commissioners, whose decision shall be
final.

Attendance in
adjoining dis-
trict.

3. Children living remote from the school of the dis-
trict in which they reside, may attend school in an ad-
joining district, with the consent of the boards of the
respective school districts.

Certificate of
vaccination

4. Every child, before it is admitted to any public
school, shall produce a certificate from a regular physi-
cian that it has been properly vaccinated.