ART. 77] HIGH SCHOOLS——COLORED SCHOOLS. 1745

hereinbefore provided for boards of district school trustees,
but high schools established by the county shall be under the
direct control of the board of county school commissioners.

1888, art. 77, sec. 94 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

122. The State superintendent shall furnish the State board
of education annually a list of approved high schools of the
State, and the said State board shall designate the State super-
intendent, a principal of one of the State normal schools, or a
member of the State normal school faculty, to visit annually
and examine such schools and report in writing to the State
board of education; such high schools shall also be visited at
least once in each school term by the county superintendent,
who shall report quarterly to the board of county school com-
missioners the result of his observations.

Ibid. sec. 95 1872, ch 377.

123. If practicable, military tactics may form a department
in every high school.

Chapter 18. Schools for Colored Children.

Ibid. sec. 96. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

124. It shall be the duty of the board of county school
commissioners to establish one or more public schools in each
election district for all colored youths between six and twenty
years of age, to which admission shall be free, and which shall
be kept open as long as the board of county school commis-
sioners shall determine; provided, the colored population of
such district shall warrant said board in establishing said
schools.

Ibid. sec. 97. 1870, ch. 311 1872, ch. 377. sub-ch 18, sec. 2 1874, ch. 463.

125. Each colored school shall be under the direction of a
special board of school trustees, to be appointed by the board
of county school commissioners, and shall be subject to the
same laws for its government, and furnish instruction in the
same branches as the schools for white children.

Ibid. sec. 98. 1872, ch. 377. 1902, ch. 306. 1904, ch. 584.

126. The comptroller shall not apportion any separate fund
for the colored schools; but colored schools shall be supported
and maintained from the general school fund, the apportion-
ment of which shall be hereinafter provided for.

Ibid. sec. 99. 1872, ch. 377.

127. The total amount of taxes paid for school purposes by
the colored people of any county; or in the city of Baltimore-