1042 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 506

shall be construed to mean a teacher of commercial, manual or
industrial training, domestic science or agricultural branches.
Each county high school in the second group shall receive state
aid on the basis of the cost of instruction, and in the follow-
ing manner: The sum of six hundred (600) dollars on account
of the principal; the sum of four hundred (400) dollars on
account of one assistant teacher employed for regular high
school work; and the sum of four hundred (400) dollars on
account of one instructor of special subjects; provided that the
amount that may be received by a high school of Baltimore
city shall be equal to the maximum amount received on account
of any high school in the counties of the State.

129. All certificates or diplomas issued to students having
completed a course of study in a county high school shall show
the group to which said high school belongs, the course taken
by the student, and the number of years of instruction given;
and the graduates of any approved high school providing a
four years' course shall be admitted without examination to
the freshman class of any college of Maryland receiving finan-
cial aid from the State; provided said graduate pursued the
academic course in the high schools.

130. The state board of education, subject to the provisions
of this article, shall prepare the course of study to be used by
the several groups of high schools described in this article, and
shall have authority to make any by-laws for their government
not at variance with the provisions of this article.

CHAPTER 18.
Schools for Colored Children.

131. It shall be the duty of the county board of education
to establish one or more public schools in each election district
for all colored youths, between six and twenty years of age, to
which admission shall be free, and which shall be kept open
not less than one hundred and forty (140) actual school days
or seven months in each school year; provided, that the colored
population of any such district shall, in the judgment of the
county board of education, warrant the establishment of such a
school or schools.

132. Each colored school shall be under the direction of a
district board of school trustees, to be appointed by the county
board of education subject to the provisions of Section 7 of
this article, and schools for colored children shall be subject
to all the provisions1 of this article.