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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being-
passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all
of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly,
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 464.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 60
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Bagby's
Edition of 1924), so as to exempt Montgomery County from
the provision that the majority of the Board of School Trus-
tees shall have the power to appoint janitors for schools un-
der their jurisdiction.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 60 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (Bagby's Edition of 1924), be and the said section is
hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

60. Every District Board of School Trustees shall hold an
annual meeting each year on the third Saturday in May, or as
soon thereafter in May as possible. At this meeting the board
shall each year appoint one of its members as chairman, and
shall give notice of such appointment to the secretary of the
County Board of Education. Other regular meetings shall be
held at least one each school term, and such special meetings
shall be held as the duties and business of the board shall re-
quire. The principal teacher of the school district shall be the
secretary for the board and shall attend all meetings of the board
except when the board is in executive session; and shall with
the consent of the majority of the members of the board present
have the right to speak upon all questions, but shall have no
right to vote; shall prepare for adoption all reports required
by the County Board of Education, shall keep all records and
accounts; shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the board
in a record book provided by the County Board of Education,
and shall conduct the correspondence of the board. Any teacher
of the school district shall have the right to appear before the
board and speak upon any question, but no teacher or principal
teacher shall be entitled to be present before the said board
when the board is in executive session.