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and for such assistance as may be required in the normal school
during his absence on duty, and for text books, stationery, fuel,
light, and other incidental expenses of the school.

1872, ch. 377.

77. All donations or bequests of money or personal property,
and all grants or devises of lands for the benefit of the State
normal school, shall be held in trust by the State board of edu-
cation.

Ibid.

78. The State board of education shall, on or before the fif-
teenth day of January in each and every year, make a report to
the governor, of the condition of the schools of the State, a state-
ment of the apportionment of money to the counties and the city
of Baltimore for the support of schools, an abstract of the reports
received from the board of county school commissioners, together
with such suggestions for the improvement of schools and the ad-
vancement of public education as the State board of education
shall deem expedient.

Ibid.

79. The governor shall cause three thousand copies of said
report to be printed and distributed to the members of the
legislature in those years in which there is no session of the
legislature.

Chapter 13. Teachers' Institutes.

1870, ch. 811. 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 13, sec. 1. 1874, ch. 463.

80. A teachers' institute, to continue five days, shall be held
in each county once a year, and the county examiner shall be
present, and shall give normal instruction to the teachers each
day.

1872, ch. 377.

81. The principal of the State normal school shall fix the
time of the meeting of the institute, and it shall be the duty of
the county examiner to notify each teacher of the time and place
of meeting.

Ibid.

82. These institutes being designed as temporary normal
schools, shall be presided over by the principal or one of the
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