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sary for the payment of said pensions for the current quarter
as provided by this section, and the Comptroller, shall, on or
before the first day of the months of January, March, June and
October, issue his warrant on the Treasurer of the State in
favor of the Treasurer of the State Board of Education for the
amount so certified. On receipt of the warrant of the Comp-
troller, the Treasurer of the State of Maryland shall immedi-
ately pay the amount due on said dates to the Treasurer of the
State Board of Education.

CHAPTER 9.
Pupils.

63. All white youths between the ages of six and twenty-
one years shall be admitted into such public schools of the
State, the studies of which they may be able to pursue; pro-
vided, that whenever there are grade schools, the principal and
the county superintendent shall determine to which school pu-
pils shall be admitted.

64. The district board of school trustees shall have power
to suspend and expel pupils for cause; provided, that an appeal
shall lie to the county superintendent, whose decision shall be
final.

65. Children living remote from the school of the district
in which they reside may attend school in an adjoining dis-
trict, with the consent of the county superintendent of schools.

CHAPTER 10.
Text Books and School Supplies.

68. The board of public school commissioners of Balti-
more City and each county board of education shall adopt and
purchase, subject to the provisions of this article, text books,
supplementary readers, materials of instruction, stationery
and school supplies for use in the public schools of said city
and of the several counties of the State. When so purchased,
the necessary text books, supplementary readers, materials of
instruction, stationery, and school supplies shall be furnished
free of cost for use in the public schools of the State, provided
that no regular text books or series of text books shall be
changed more often than once in three years. It shall be the
duty of the board of school commissioners of Baltimore City
and of the county boards of education of the several counties
to furnish text books in ample and sufficient quantities to the