1720 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77

1888, art. 77, sec. 24. 1872, ch. 377. 1890, ch. 324. 1904, ch. 584.

27. The board of county school commissioners shall, on or
before the first day of September in every year, make a report
to the State board of education, in such form as may be pre-
scribed by the latter, of the schools and all matters affecting
the educational interests of the county; they shall also publish
annually, in the month of November, in such form and manner
as they may deem proper, a statement of their receipts and
disbursements, including the money received and expended on
account of text-books, and a statement of the indebtedness of
the board at the close of the fiscal year, and the items of
expense of the individual schools, and forward a copy to the
State board of education.

Ibid. sec. 25. 1872, ch. 377. 1892, ch. 341. 1898, ch. 445.

28. In case of the death of any county school commis-
sioner, or his resignation or removal from the county or dis-
qualification from any legal cause during the recess of the
general assembly, the governor shall have power to appoint a
qualified person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term; in
case of inefficiency, refusal to act or breach of trust, the board
may by a vote of a majority of its members, declare the office
vacant and give notice to the party concerned. An appeal may
be taken to the State board of education, whose decision shall
be final, but if no appeal be taken within ten days the vacancy
shall be filled as hereinbefore provided.

Co. Commrs, v. School Commrs , 77 Md. 288. Ash v. McVey, 85 Md. 126.
School Commrs, v. Goldsborough, 90 Md. 200.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1872, ch. 377.

29. No teacher, in actual employment as such, shall fill the
position of county school commissioner.

Chapter 5. District School Trustees.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1870, ch 311. 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 5, sec. 1. 1874, ch 463.

1904, ch. 584

30. The board of district school trustees shall have the care
of houses and lands connected therewith intended for school
purposes, also furniture, apparatus and other school property ;
they shall attend to all repairs and charge the cost among the
incidental expenses of the school, to be paid out of the tax
levied upon the assessable property of the county as herein
provided for; provided, that when repairs are to be paid out of
county school taxes, the amount to be expended for said school