1298 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 645

CHAPTER 645.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 81
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924),
title "Public Education, " sub-title "Chapter 7, Schools, " the
purpose of the amendment being to exempt the schools in
Baltimore City from the requirement to close on general
election days.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 81 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924), title "Public Education, " sub-title "Chap-
ter 7. Schools, " be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

81. The school year shall be divided into four terms, which
shall be designated fall term, winter term, spring term, and
summer term; and the time of beginning and closing each term
shall be regulated by the county board of education; provided,,
that the financial reports of the schools of the State shall be
made up and rendered to the thirty-first day of July, inclusive
of each and every year; and provided, further, that there shall
be no change in or encroachment upon the holidays and vaca-
tion set forth and established in the following paragraph:

The months of July and August shall be vacation throughout
the whole State, and the following days shall be holidays, viz:
Thanksgiving Day, and the day after; from Christmas Eve to
the first day of January, inclusive; and from, the Friday before
Easter to the Monday after Easter, inclusive; and a holiday on
general election days. On Washington's Birthday, the schools
shall devote a portion of the day to exercises bearing on the life
and services of "The Father of Our Country"; and on Novem-
ber llth, known as "Armistice Day, " the schools shall devote a
portion of the day to exercise bearing on the World War and
the participation of the United States and the State of Mary-
land in said war. Maryland Day, Arbor Day and Memorial Day
shall be observed at such time and in such manner as the State
Board of Education may direct. Provided, that nothing herein
contained relating to holidays in the schools on General Elec-
tion Days shall apply to schools in Baltimore City.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after June 1, 1927.

Approved April 26, 1927.