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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 221.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 11, 39 and 76 of Article 77 of
the Code of Public General Laws, title "Public Education, "
and to re-enact said sections with amendments.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Repeal

land, That sections 11, 39 and 76 of Article 77 of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Public Education," be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so
as to read as follows :

SEC. 11. The said Board of Education shall, to the best of
their ability, cause the provisions of this article to be carried into
effect, and may, if necessary, institute legal proceedings for
that purpose, with the direction and advice of the Attorney

Carried into
effect.

General ; they shall enact by-laws for the administration of the
public school system, not at variance with this article, which,
when enacted and published, shall have the force of law.
They shall have the power to suspend or remove any examiner
or teacher who may be found inefficient in or incompetent for
the discharge of duties assigned him, or guilty of such moral
delinquency as unfits him for the office he holds ; they shall
explain the true intent and meaning of the law, and they shall
decide, without expense to the parties concerned, all contro-
versies and disputes that arise under it, and their decisions shall
be final.
SEC. 39. In every district school there shall be taught ortho-

Certain
studies
taught.

graphy, reading, writing, English grammar, geography, arith-
metic, history of the United States, good behavior, algebra,
book-keeping, natural philosophy, the Constitution of the
United States, the Constitution and history of the State of
Maryland, vocal music, drawing, physiology, the laws of health
and domestic economy ; and the elements of agricultural
science may, in the discretion of the State Board of Education,
be added to the branches required to be taught in the State
Normal School and in the public schools in the various coun-
ties of the State. In districts where there is considerable
German population, the Board of County School Commis-
sioners are authorized to cause the German language to be
taught, if they think proper to do so.

Faculty of
Normal
School.

SEC. 71. The faculty of the State Normal School shall con-
sist of the principal and of as many teachers as may be deter-
mined by the State Board of Education, who shall be appointed
by said board, and have such salaries and perform such duties
as said board may direct. The State Board of Education