MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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repairs during THE PERIOD OF the regular school year].
145.

(A)    [The] SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ARTICLE, THE Board of SCHOOL Commissioners [of
Public Schools] of Baltimore City[, or by whatever name
the body may be known that has supervisory power and
control over the public schools of Baltimore City, shall
have power to] MAY examine, appoint and remove teachers,
prescribe [the] THEIR qualifications, fix [the] THEIR
salaries subject to the approval of the mayor and city
council, and select textbooks for THE PUBLIC schools [of
said] IN THE city [; provided, such]. HOWEVER, THE
textbooks [shall] MAY NOT contain [nothing] ANYTHING of a
sectarian or partisan character.

(B)    The Board of SCHOOL Commissioners [of Public
Schools of said city] shall annually make a report to the
State Board [of Education] of the condition of the
schools under [their] ITS charge, to include a statement
of expenditures, the number of children taught, and such
other statistical information [as may be necessary to
exhibit the operation of the schools] REQUIRED BY THE
STATE BOARD.

154.

(a)    Unless a degree—granting institution is in
operation on June 1, 1961, it shall not award any degree
or diploma or other certificate thereof until one year
after it has filed a written notice with and until such
notice has received the approval of the State [Department
of] BOARD FOR HIGHER Education. The notice shall
contain the name and address of the degree-granting
institution; the names and addresses of the president or
other administrative head and of each member of the board
of trustees or other governing board; the names of
members of the faculty, with the highest academic degree
held by each; a full description of the degree or degrees
to be awarded and the course or courses of study
prerequisite thereto; and such additional information as
the State [Department of] BOARD FOR HIGHER Education may
prescribe. An amendment to the notice shall be filed
with the [State Department of Education] BOARD prior to
the award of any degree or diploma or other certificate
therefor not contained in the original notice or prior
amendments thereto. A degree or diploma or other
certificate therefor authorized in an amendment shall not
be awarded until one year after the filing of the
amendment with and the approval of the [State Department
of Education] BOARD.

(b)   A degree—granting institution shall keep the
notice which it shall have filed with the [State
Department of Education] BOARD current at all times.
For this purpose, it shall report, by appropriate
amendment of the notice, any change in any fact reported