The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-12-25

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Sec. Z. The Board of County School Com
missioners shall examine any charge affecting
the moral character of any teacher within their
county, first giving the teacher reasona-
BILE notice of the charge and an opportunity to
defend himself and if the charge be sustained,
shall nnul the teachers certificate granted in
the county in which he is teaching, by whomso-
ever granted, and shall give notice thereof to the
Principal Of the State Normal School. In all
cases where the Trustees, from any cause, refuse
or neglect to exercise their functions and keep in
operation the school committed to their care the
Board of County School Commissioners shall be
vested with all the rights of the derelict Trus-
tees, and shall take charge Of and manage the
school until Trustees are elected who will act, or
until the 'incumbents give assurance of return
to their duty.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of teachers to re-
port in tabular form the condition ofhis school
to the Board of County School Commissioners at
each of its quarterly meetings These reports
shall be filed and preserved by the Board, and
used by the President of the Board in making
up his annual report t. the Principal of the
State Normal School.
Sec. 8. Whenever the number of children at
tending school in any school district is greater
than one hundred, then the Board of county
School Commissioners may, with the consent Of
the Trustees, establish schools of different grades
and determine into which school each pupil
shall be admitted or the school district may
be divided. And whenever the average attend
ance in any school for any two consecutive quar-
tiers is less then ten pupils then said school may
| be closed by the Board of County School Com
missioners provided that the Trustees of the
district may keep the school open in part at the
expense of the district, and shall receive their
| proportion OF the school fund for said school,
rating full school at twenty-five scholars
-' Sec.'l0. The Board of County School Com
missioners shall publish annually, in all of the
papers Of the county, statement of the moneys
received ard expended, setting forth all the f.
nancial operations of each district and if there
be no newspapers within the limits of the coun-
ty, then they shall publish the same in such 9th
err form as may be determined, and forward O.
copy to the principal ofthe State Normal School
wis ..' CHAPTER ". 'a
The Board Of School House District Trustees.
Sec. l. For the purpose of electing two Trus.
tees of the School House District, and decidi NO
such other questions as may arise, an election by
ballot shall held in every such district on the
first Saturday in the month of May, at 3 P. NJ,
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
and on the first Saturday in May in every year
thereafter, and at which every registered voter
having legal residence therein shall be entitled
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several counties shall give at least ten days pub
lie notice Of such elections by advertisement in
the newspapers of the county or Baltimore city.
Ii no election shall be had on the day aforesaid,
then the Board Of County School Commissioners
shall appoint said Trustees.
Sec. 2. The School District Boards shall have
the care and control of all houses and lands con-
nected Herewith, intended for school purposes,
within the limits of their respective districts
also ofthe furniture, apparatus, and other school
property belonging to the district. They shall
attend to all necessary repairs, and charge the
costa1nong the acknowledgements ofthe school, to
De paid out of the tax levied upon the assessable
property OF the county as herein provided for
provided that when repairs are to be paid for out
of county school tax, the amount to be ex-
pended for said repairs shall be determined by
the Board of School Commissioners before the
repairs are made. The Board shall employ
teacher from among those persons who hold the
required certificate, they shall exercise a general
supervision over their respective schools and
visit them frequently, and shall cause instruc-
ton to be given for ten months in the year. And
the County Commissioners shall provide by gem
eral county taxation for school houses in the sew
eral districts, to be paid from the school fund of
| the county. ~. sr,u. .f ..l. T.. H..
50 3. Every school house shall be built and
| furnished according to plans and drawings is
sued from the Office of the Principal of the State
Normal School, or according to plans from the
Board of County School Commissioners, that
proper regard may be had to light and ventila-
ton, and other matters that conduce to the COM
fort, health and good order of the pupils. n
| Sec. 4. Every school house site must be pro-
vided with suitable outbuildngs.
| Sec. 5. No school house shall be used for any
other than public school purposes and school
district meetings. Nh aia.ar .a
lSec. 6. Contiguous portions of two or more
school house districts may, with the consent of
the Board of County School Commissioners,
combine and form new school house district,
and when thus formed the said new school house
district shall be invested with all the rights and
powers hereinbefore set forth, as pertaining to