604 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 558

Maryland shall be in session not less than one hundred eighty
(180) actual school days in each year.

No promotion of pupils from grade to grade in any high
school shall be made without the approval of the county
superintendent of schools; nor shall any pupils be graduated
from a high school without the approval of the State Super-
intendent of Schools. Regulations regarding the size and ar-
rangement of the building,, and its fitness for high school work,
the amount and character of equipment and supplies, and the
necessary library and laboratories, shall be mad$ by the
State Board of Education; and State aid shall not be allowed
on account of the employment of any teacher unless the de-
partment to which such teacher is assigned is adequately
equipped and the quality of instruction is satisfactory.

No person shall be employed in any high school as principal
or assistant teacher who does not hold the appropriate certifi-
cate as provided for in Chapter 8, Section 86, of this Article.

Junior high schools, junior-senior high schools and senior
high schools or any other combination of grades when organ-
ized according to regulations of the State Board of Education,
and satisfactorily administered, shall receive ^tate aid in
accordance with number and average daily attendance of
pupils enrolled, teachers employed, and number of years and
quality of instruction given.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 188 of said
Article, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, so as to read as follows:

188. It shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of
Schools, or an assistant designated by him, to make an annual
inspection of all high schools receiving State aid, and also such
other schools as make application, through their respective
county superintendents, to receive said State aid. The State
Superintendent of Schools shall, on or before the last day of
February of each year, prepare a list of high schools, designat-
ing the amount of said State aid to which each is entitled, and
to whom the same shall be paid. The preparation of this list
shall be based on information obtained through inspection,
supervision, written reports of the principal or county superin-
tendent, or other reliable sources. He shall certify this list to
the Comptroller of the Treasury, on or before the last day of
February of each year, and the Comptroller of the Treasury
shall issue his warrant upon the Treasury of the State in equal
quarterly installments in each and every year at the time when
the general State school fund is now, or may hereafter be, dis-
tributed, payable to the orders of the treasurers of the respective
county boards of education, or the Board of Commissioners of
the Public Schools of Baltimore City, for such sum or sums as