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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 107

the public schools may be entirely out of the field of political
and religious differences and controversies. The said board

Duty of board
of school
commission-
ers.

shall confirm or reject all nominations of teachers made to
it, as hereinafter provided by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and his assistants. It shall not confirm the
appointment of any teacher whose name does not appear
upon the graded list hereinafter provided for. All officers,
secretaries, clerks and employes shall be appointed by said
board, and may be removed by it at pleasure, and any
teacher may be removed by said board on the recommenda-
tion of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, after
charges preferred and trial had. The salary of all officers,
teachers, secretaries, clerks and employes shall be fixed by
said board, not to exceed in the aggregate the amount appro-
priated by ordinance. Whenever the construction of a new
schoolhouse or the enlargement and repairs of an old school-
house is authorized, the instructions of the Board of School
Commissioners shall be regarded by the Inspector of Build-
ings in the preparation of his plans, and no plans shall be
finally adopted without the concurrence of said board. All
text-books, stationery and furniture required for the public
schools shall be purchased by the said board, subject to the
provisions of Sections 14 and 15 of this Article.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 16, 1906.

CHAPTER 108.
AN ACT to repeal .and re-enact, with amendments, Section 9
of Chapter 87 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, relating to the sale of materials of buildings, or
the debris thereof, or of residuary parcels of ground, by
the Burnt District Commission, created by said Act.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Repeal and
re-enact.

land, That Section 9 of Chapter 87 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as
follows :
Section 9. Be it further enacted, That in every case
where it shall be necessary, in order to effect the objects pro-