106 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 17th, 1914.

CHAPTER 84.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 92 of
Article 77, of Bagby's Annotated Code of Public Civil Laws
of Maryland, entitled "Public Education," sub-title
'' Teachers' Institutes,'' the same being designed to authorize
boards of County School Commissioners to require a part of
the number of teachers of a County, to attend an approved
summer school in lieu of holding a teachers' institute.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 92 of Article 77, of Bagby's Annotated Code
of Public Civil Laws of Maryland, entitled "Public Education,"
sub-title "Teachers' Institutes," be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

92. A teachers' institute, to continue not less than five days,
shall be held in each County once a year, and in the absence
of the State Superintendent the County Superintendent shall
preside. Two or more Counties may combine and hold a joint
institute. The Board of County School Commissioners of any
County may in lieu of holding a teachers' institute require at
least one-fourth of the number of the teachers of that County
to attend a summer school, which has been approved by the
State Superintendent of Public Education, during the summer
preceding the school session for which no institute is held, pro-
vided the said Board of County School Commissioners reim-
burses those teachers who attend summer school for their ex-
penses to the extent of at least twenty-five dollars, and the
County Superintendent shall have authority to designate the
teachers who are required to attend summer school under the
provisions of this Section.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved March 17th, 1914.