ART. 77.] STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 1183

erning 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 normal
school shall not vote upon the subject of his appointment or
removal.

1872, ch. 377.

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

Ibid.

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

Ibid.

73. Students of both sexes shall be admitted to the State normal
school; females at the age of sixteen years, and males at the age
of seventeen years. The students shall be apportioned by the
State board of education among the several counties and the city

of Baltimore in proportion to their respective representation in
the general assembly of the State. The students shall be selected
by the several boards of county school commissioners, and the
board of commissioners of public schools of the city of Baltimore,
from among persons having scholastic qualifications hereinbefore
required for teachers; before any appointment shall be made the
applicants shall procure the certificate of the county examiner or

city superintendent in testimony of their scholastic proficiency,
and shall also file a written declaration that their object in obtain-
ing admission is to qualify themselves as public school teachers,
and that it is their intention to engage in the profession of teach-
ing within this State; and in case any students shall fail to fulfill
the condition upon which they were admitted, they shall forfeit
and pay thirty dollars for each session they have attended the
normal school, to be collected as other debts are collected, and to
be applied for the benefit of the normal school. If there be not
applicants sufficient from any county or the city of Baltimore,