366

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 236

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 31, 1906.

CHAPTER 236.
AN ACT to amend Article 77 of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Public Education," by repealing and re-
enacting Chapter 299 of the laws of 1904, which added
to said Article, Sections 139, 140 and 141, under the sub-
title " School Attendance," and by adding a new section
to be numbered as Section 142.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Repeal and
re-enact.

land, That the Sections 139, 140, 141, of Article 77 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Public Education,"
under the sub-title " School Attendance," are hereby repealed
and re-enacted as follows, and that a new section be added
to follow Section 141, to be numbered and designated as
Section 142.
139. Every deaf or blind child between six and sixteen

Compulsory
education of
deaf children.

years of age shall attend some school for the deaf or blind
for eight months, or during the scholastic year, unless it can
be shown that the child is elsewhere receiving regularly
thorough instruction during the said period, in studies usu-
ally taught in the said public schools to children of the same
age; provided, that the superintendent or principal of any
school for the deaf or blind, or person or persons duly
authorized by such superintendent or principal, may excuse
cases of necessary absence among its enrolled pupils; and
provided, further, that the provisions of this section shall
not apply to a child whose physical condition is such as to
render its instruction, as above described, inexpedient or
impracticable. Every person having under his or her control
a child between six and sixteen years of age shall cause such
child to attend school or receive instruction as required by
this section.
139 A. Provided that where the parent, guardian or any

Transporta-
tion of
children.

other person having control of a deaf or blind child, is not
financially able to pay for the transportation of the child to
and from such school, the same shall be paid out of the
State appropriation for the school which the child attends ;