ART. 77] DISTRICT SCHOOL TRUSTEES. 1721

repairs shall be determined by the board of. county school
commissioners before the repairs are made; the board shall
employ a principal teacher, subject to confirmation by the board
of county school commissioners from among those persons who
hold the certificate required by this article; they shall exercise
a general supervision over their respective schools, and visit
them frequently, and shall cause instruction to be given for ten
months in the year if possible.

1888, art. 77, sec. 28. 1872, ch. 377.

31. The board of district school trustees shall see that every
school-house site is provided with suitable out-buildings.
1894, ch. 524, secs. 1 and 2.

32. Boards of school commissioners in every city and
county of the 'State shall provide suitable and convenient
water closets or outhouses for each of the schools under
their official jurisdiction, not less than two for each school or
building when both sexes are in attendance in their respective
school districts, with separate means of access for each, and
unless placed at a remote distance one from another the
approaches or walks thereto shall be separated by a substan-
tial close fence not less than seven feet high, and it shall be
the duty of the said commissioners to make provisions for
keeping the said water closets or outhouses in clean, comforta-
ble and healthful condition. Any failure on the part of the
said public school commissioners to comply with the provis-
ions of this section shall make them liable to be removed from
office by any court of competent jurisdiction either in the city
of Baltimore or in any county where the schools may be
located upon complaint made to the court under oath or affirma-
tion of not less than five taxable citizens resident in the said
school district in which the school complained of is located;
provided, nothing in this section shall affect the counties of
Caroline, Kent, Dorchester, Somerset, Baltimore, Worcester,
Howard, Prince George's and Frederick.

Ibid, sec 29. 1872, ch. 377.

33. No school house shall be used for any other purpose
than public school purposes and school district meetings
unless by consent of the board of county school commis-
sioners, or a majority of them.

Ibid, sec 30, 1872, ch. 377

34. Contiguous portions of two or more school-house dis-
tricts may with the consent of the board of county school
no