1744 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77

Baltimore city, shall have power to examine appoint and
remove teachers, prescribe the qualifications, fix the salaries
subject to the approval of the mayor and city council, and
select text books for schools of said city; provided, such text
books shall contain nothing of a sectarian or partisan charac-
ter. The board of commissioners of public schools of said
city shall annually make a report to the State board of educa-
tion of the condition of the schools under their charge, to
include a statement of expenditures, the number of children
taught, and such other statistical information as may be neces-
sary to exhibit the operation of the schools.
Hooper v. New, 85 Md. 581.

1888, art. 77, sec. 90. 1872, ch. 377.

118. The mayor and city council of Baltimore shall have
power and authority to make all ordinances for the' protection
of the school houses and property, and to punish any person
who may disturb the sessions of said public schools.

Ibid. sec. 91. 1872, ch. 377.

119. The said mayor and city council are hereby authorized
and empowered to levy and collect upon the assessable property
in said city, as other taxes are levied and collected, such amount
of taxes as may be necessary to defray all the expenses incurred
for educational purposes by said mayor and city council.*

Chapter 17. High Schools.

Ibid. sec. 92. 1872, ch. 377.

120. It shall be the duty of the board of county school
commissioners, when any election district or any contiguous
election districts shall present a building for a high school in
said district or districts to the board of county school commis-
sioners, to accept the same (if in the judgment of the board
there is any necessity therefor) and thereafter provide for the
maintenance of a high school in said district or districts, and
the salaries of teachers, out of the general school fund.
Wiley v. School Commis., 51 Md. 403.

Ibid. sec. 93 1872, ch. 377.

121. If the high school be established by a district or dis-
tricts the board of county school commissioners shall appoint
three persons, who shall constitute a board of high school
commissioners and exercise like authority over said school as

* NOTE —These sections (116-119) should be construed in connection with act of 1898,
chapter 123, (New Charter of Baltimore city, P L L , art 1), section 6, "Schools." also
sections 99-102, " Department of Education "