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of October draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State of
Maryland for the respective amounts due to the board of pub-
lic school commissioners of Baltimore City and the treasurer
of the county board of education of the several counties. On
the receipt of the warrant of the Comptroller, the Treasurer
of the State of Maryland shall immediately pay the respective
amounts due to the board of public school commissioners of the
City of Baltimore and the treasurer of the county board of
education of the several counties. The board of public school
commissioners of the City of Baltimore and the county boards
of education are free to spend more for text books, supple-
mentary readers, materials of instruction, stationery and school
supplies than the amount received from the State for such
purpose.

CHAPTER 12.

The State Normal Schools.

82. The state board of education and the state superintend-
ent of schools shall be the board of trustees of each of the nor-
mal schools maintained and supported by the State: the state
normal school at Towson, the state normal school at Frostburg
and the state normal school at Bowie.

83. The board of trustees shall exercise general supervision
of the expenditure of all money appropriated by the General
Assembly for the erection of buildings or additions, for re-
pairs, up-keep, maintenance and support of these schools, and
shall have control and supervision of their management and
work. The board of trustees shall authorize all departments
of instruction and all positions, and shall fix the salaries and
tenure of all teachers, and all assistants of whatever kind;
they may dismiss any teacher or any assistant for immorality,
dishonesty, misconduct in office, incompetency, insubordina-
tion and wilful neglect of duty, but no teacher or professional
assistant may be dismissed without being given a copy of the
charges against him and an opportunity of being heard, in per-
son or by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten
days' notice. The board of trustees shall authorize the course
or the courses of study to be offered, including courses for ob-
servation and practice in teaching. They shall prescribe the
entrance requirements, subject to the provisions of this article,
to the different departments and courses of study; shall deter-
mine the number of students to be admitted from the city of
Baltimore, and each of the several counties, provided that stu-