EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That due notice shall be given
by said Board of Election Supervisors to all persons affected
or changed from said Thirteenth Election District to said ^]
First Election. District, as provided for in this Act.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 16, 1906.

CHAPTER 107.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
99 of Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore," of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, relating to the Board
of School Commissioners.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

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Due notice
given.

land, That Section 99 of Article 4, entitled " City of Balti-
more," of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, be^]
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows :
99. There shall be a Department of Education of the

Repeal and
re-enact.

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. The head of said
department shall consist of a Board of School Commis-
sioners composed of nine persons, who shall serve without
pay, and who shall be appointed by the Mayor in the mode
prescribed in Section 25 of this Article, and removable as
therein provided. One of said commissioners shall be presi-
dent of said board, and so designated by the Mayor when
appointed. Their term of office shall be six years, three of
them to retire at the end of every two -years. The board

Department of
Education.

first appointed shall determine by lot their term of office, so
as to provide for the retirement in the succeeding two and
four years of three of their number. The members of said
board shall be residents of the city of Baltimore for at least
one year and citizens of the State of Maryland for at least
five years prior to their appointment. The members of said
board shall be chosen by the Mayor from among those he
deems most capable, promoting the interests of public educa-
tion, by reason of their intelligence, character, education or
business habits. In the selection of members of said board
and in their action in the administration of public schools,
ecclesiastical and party ties shall not be regarded, so that

Term of office.