1166 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77.

Chapter 2. Formation of Boards.

1870, ch. 311. 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 2, sec. 1. 1874, ch. 463.

5. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
senate, shall appoint at every regular session of the general
assembly, from among the presidents and examiners of the several
county boards, four persons, (one of whom shall be a resident of
the eastern shore,) who, together with the governor and the
principal of the State normal school, shall constitute the State
board of education.

1872, ch 377. 1886, ch. 293. 1888, ch. 58.

6. The board of county school commissioners shall be com-,
posed 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 and until their successors shall
qualify; provided, that in counties having over one hundred
schools five persons shall be appointed. In Prince George's,
Charles, Caroline, Montgomery and Garrett counties, the gover-
nor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall
biennially appoint three persons to serve as such board of county
school commissioners.

1870, ch. 311. 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 2, sec. 3. 1874, ch. 463.

7. The board of district school trustees shall be composed of
three persons, who shall be appointed by the county school com-
missioners, on the first day of May, or at their first meeting
thereafter, in each year, and who shall meet within thirty days
after their appointment, and enter upon the duties assigned them
in chapter five of this article; at their first meeting they shall
appoint a chairman, to hold office for one year, and shall give
notice of the appointment to the secretary of the board of county
school commissioners.

Chapter 3. Duties of the State Board of Education.

1872, ch. 377.

8. The State board of education shall hold regular meetings
on the last Wednesday in May, August, November and February
of every year, and special meetings as occasions may require.