1176 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77.

supported wholly or in part by money from the State; and the
said study shall be taught to and studied by said pupils in said
schools as thoroughly and in the same manner as other like
branches are there taught and studied, with text-books in the
hands of pupils, where other like branches are thus studied; and
said text-books must be published, printed and sold in the State.
Of Maryland.

1886, ch. 495.

41. It shall be the duty of boards of county school commis-
sioners, and of the board of commissioners of public schools of
Baltimore city, county examiners, superintendents of public
schools of Baltimore city, and boards of all educational institu-
tions receiving aid from the State, to enforce the provisions of the
preceding section.

1872, ch. 377.

42. Whenever a school numbers more than fifty 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 commissioners shall direct the division of the pupils so as
to form a graded.school.

Ibid.

43. Whenever the number of children attending school in any
school district is greater than one hundred, the board of county
school commissioners may, with the consent of the board of dis-
trict school trustees, establish schools of different grades, or the
school district may be divided; and whenever the average attend-
ance in any school for any two consecutive terms is less than ten
pupils, the said school may be closed by the board of county
school commissioners; provided, that the board of district school
trustees may keep the school open in part at the expense of the
district, and shall receive their proportion of the school fund for
said school, rating a full school at twenty scholars.

Ibid.

44. Public examinations shall be held in each school twice a
year, of which due notice shall be given, that parents and others
interested in education may attend.