248 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. [ART. 27.

TEXTBOOKS

56 Textbooks 57. Purchase of textbooks.

5S Payment for books and stationery. 59. Accounts for books and stationery

COUNTY EXAMINER.

60 Duties, certificate 61 Certificates issued by examiner, what to contain, time to continue in force 62 Ages of teachers 63 Times of examination 64 Visitation

65 Bond, duties 66 Secretary, treasurer, and examiner to de- vote entire time to official duties, com- pensation 67 Examiner to notify comptroller of time schools kept open

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

68 State normal school 69 Sessions of Slate normal school where held 70 Faculty 71 Sessions 72 Students 73 Textbooks

74 Course of study 75 Appropriation 70 Donations and bequests 77 Reports by State board 78 Printing of reports

TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.

79 Institutes 80 Time of meeting

181 Temporary normal schools 82 Place of meeting

TEACHERS' ASSOCIATIONS

83 Recommended 84 Organization

65 May occupy schoolhouses

	DISTRICT LIBRARIES
86. Libraries.	THE CITY OF BALTIMORE

87 Power of mayor and city council to estab- lish and regulate public schools 88. Powers of board of commissioners of pub- lic schools

39 Ordinances 90 Tax

HIGH SCHOOLS

91. In counties 92 Board of high school commissioners

93 Visitation of high school by principal of State normal school 94 Military tactics

SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN

95 Schools for colored children 96 Special board 97. Appropriation for support of.

98 Taxes paid by colored people and donations appropriated to school fund

SOURCES OF INCOME.

99 Special tax imposed 100 Payment by State treasurer to counties and city of Baltimore 101 Real and personal estate to be held in trust, exempt from taxation

102 Invested moneys exempt 103 Apportionment of levy 104 Apportionment of school tax 105 Equalization, charges and payments. 106 Apportionment of collected tax

	SCHOOLS ON DIVIDING LINE. 107 Schools on or near dividing line of counties.
1872, c 377, s 1. Free public school system established. 45 Md 311.	1. There shall be throughout the State of Maryland a general system of free public schools, according to the provisions of this article.