596 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

that as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, the
Board of School Commissioners shall elect two of its members
to serve as members of the said board of trustees until the
members elected in November, 1909, shall become members of
said board of trustees; and three members of the teaching force
of Baltimore city, who shall be elected in the following manner.
On the third Monday of November in each year, beginning in
the year 1909, the members of the teaching force of Baltimore
city shall deposit with the said Board of Trustees a sealed
ballot containing the names of three teachers representing his
or her choice for membership of the said board of trustees. The
board of trustees shall examine said ballots and give to each
teacher receiving a vote credit therefor, and the three teachers
receiving the highest number of votes under the said ballots
shall become members of the said board of trustees on the fif-
teenth day of January next following the date of their election.
The board of trustees shall publicly announce the result of
said election not later than the fifteenth day of December next
following the date said ballots were deposited; provided, how-
ever, that on the third Monday of May, 1908, three members of
the teaching force of Baltimore city shall be elected in the
manner provided, except the said ballots shall be deposited
with the Board of School Commissioners, which board shall
examine such ballots and give to each voter receiving a vote
credit therefor, and the three teachers receiving the highest
number of votes under said ballots shall be members of said
board of trustees until the members elected in the year 1909
shall become members of said board of trustees. The Board of
School Commissioners shall publicly announce the result of
said election not later than June 15, 1908. As soon as practi-
cable after the passage of this Act the City Comptroller shall
call a meeting of said board of trustees.

102B. The members of the said board of trustees shall hold
office until their successors are elected and become members as
provided by the preceding section. In case of a vacancy in
said board of trustees by reason of death, resignation, or
through any other cause, of a member of the teaching force,
the board of trustees shall elect a member of said teaching
force as a member of said board of trustees for the unexpired
term of the person who has caused to be such; in case of a
vacancy on said board of trustees by reason of death, resigna-
tion or through any other cause, of a member of the Board of
School Commissioners, the said Board of School Commission-
ers shall forthwith elect one of its members as a member of said
board of trustees for the unexpired term of the person who
has ceased to be such.