ART. 27. ] PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

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65. The secretary and treasurer of the board of county school
commissioners shall give bond to the State of Maryland with at least
two securities, to be approved by the said board, in such penal sum
as the said board shall determine, with the condition that he will

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Bond.

faithfully perform the duties of secretary and treasurer, pay over
and apply all moneys that shall come to his hands or care as treas-
urer, to such persons and in such manner as said board may, under
the provisions of this act, direct, and that he will keep a full account
of all moneys received and paid by him, and all matters relating to
the duties of his office, and preserve the same and all vouchers re-
lating thereto, and deliver up all books and vouchers relating to his
office to his, successor; which said bond, when executed, shall be
filed in the office of the clerk of the court for the county. He shall
be present at every meeting of the board, and may debate any ques-
tion before them, but shall have no vote. He shall keep the min-
utes and conduct the correspondence, and shall duly file away and
safely keep all letters, reports and other papers pertaining to the
business of the board. He shall prepare and submit to the board

Duties

for their adoption the annual report to the State board of education.
66. The person or persons acting as secretary, treasurer and ex-
aminer, under the provisions of this act, shall devote their whole
time to public school business, and shall receive such compensation
as the board of county school commissioners may direct.

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Secretary, treas-
urer and ex-
aminer to
devote entire
time to official
duties
Compensation.

67. The examiner of each county shall, on or before the fifteenth
day of January in every year, notify the comptroller how many
months the schools of his county have been kept open.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

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Examiner to
notify comp-
troller of time
schools kept
open

6 8. There shall be located in the city of Baltimore a State nor-
mal school for the instruction and practice of teachers in the science
of education, the art of teaching, and the mode of governing schools.
It shall be under the control of the State board of education, who
shall appoint a principal at a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars
per annum; the principal of the State normal school shall not vote
upon the subject of his appointment or removal.

Id c 12, s 1
State normal
school

69. The sessions of the State normal school, until otherwise pro-
vided for by the State, shall be held in such building as the State
board of education may select; provided, that the rent be not
greater than thirty-five hundred dollars, which amount, or so much
thereof as is necessary, is hereby appropriated annually for that
purpose.

1874, c. 463, c. 12,
s 2
Sessions of State
normal school,
where held

7 0, The faculty of the State normal school shall consist of the
principal and two male and two female professors, who shall be ap-
pointed by the State board of education, and have such salaries, and
perform such duties as said board may direct.

1872, c. 377, c. 12,
s 3
Faculty.

71. The sessions of the State normal school shall be determined
by the State board of education; provided, that the school shall be
open for not less than nine months in each year.

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Sessions.