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508 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77

1896, ch. 135.

61 A. The sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated, to be paid by the State treasurer upon the
warrant of the comptroller on the first day of August, 1896, and
annually thereafter, and to he expended or as much thereof as
may be necessary, for the purchase of text-books as provided in
this article. The whole of said sum shall be apportioned by the
comptroller in the month of July of each and every year, as the
State school tax is now apportioned, and he shall immediately
thereafter notify the treasurer of the several boards of county
school commissioners of the counties and city of Baltimore, of
the amount thus found to be due to each, and the same shall be
paid to the treasurer of the board of school commissioners of
Baltimore city and the several counties, upon the draft of the
president and secretary of the several boards of county school
commissioners and the city of Baltimore aforesaid.

1898, ch. 520.

61 B. The State board of education and the board of public
school commissioners of Baltimore city are hereby required to
furnish the public schools of this State with a text-book upon civil
government in addition to the text-books now furnished them,
and it shall be included in the branches of study now taught in
the public schools and shall be taught to and be studied by all
pupils whose capacity will admit of it, in all departments of the
public schools of this State, and in all educational institutions
supported wholly or in part by money from the State.

County Examiner.

1894, ch. 376.

64. No certificate of qualification as a teacher shall be issued
to any male under nineteen years of age, or to any female under
eighteen years of age.

1890, ch 511.

67 A. In lieu of the security provided for in the last preceding
section, the said bond may have the security of any deposit or
trust company, or other similar company duly incorporated under
the laws of this State, and having by law the power to act as
such security.