228 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and 123B. to come in after Section 123 of said Article, are
hereby added to said Article 77 of the Code, all of the same to
read as follows:

120. The Board of County School Commissioners of any
county shall have authority to establish high schools, subject
to the approval of the State Board of Education, in their re-
spective counties, when, in their judgment, it is advisable to do
so. All high schools so established and those now in opera-
tion shall be under the direct control of the several Boards of
County School Commissioners, subject to the provisions of this
Article, provided that when instruction below that of the high-
school grades is given in the same building, or on the same
premises, such grade work may also be under the direct con-
trol of the Board of County School Commissioners, and the
principal of the high school shall also be principal of the ele-
mentary department.

121. For the encouragement of secondary education in Mary-
land, the State shall extend aid to such groups of high schools as
shall be herein designated and described, and in such amounts
and in such manner as shall hereinafter be set forth. All high
schools of the counties of the State of Maryland receiving State
aid shall be arranged by the State Board of Education into two
groups, to be designated First Group and Second Group, ac-
cording to the number of pupils enrolled, teachers employed,
and years of instruction given. High schools of the first
group shall fulfill the following minimum requirements: (a)
an enrollment of not less than eighty pupils; (b) employ not
less than four teachers for the regular high-school work, exclu-
sive of instructors of special subjects named under (e) ; (c)
four years' course of instruction of not less than thirty-six
weeks in each year, same to conform to the standard required
by the State Board of Education; (d) the annual salary of
the principal to be not less than $1,200, and the salary of
each assistant teacher regularly employed to be not less than
$500 per annum; (e) provision to be made for Manual Train-
ing and Domestic Science courses, and also a commercial or
an Agricultural course, as may be determined by the Board of
County School Commissioners. High schools of the second
group shall fulfill the following minimum requirements: (a)
an enrollment of not less than thirty-five pupils; (b) employ
not less than two teachers for the regular high-school work,
exclusive of instructors of special subjects named under (e) ;
(c) a three years' course of instruction of not less than thirty-
six weeks in each year, same to conform to the standard re-
quired by the State Board of Education; (d) the annual sal-
ary of the principal to be not less than $1,000, and that of
each assistant to be not less than $500; (e) provision to be