Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-01-18
BILL INTRODUCED
Measure Designed to Straighten
Out Talgle Over Annapolis
Trustees Offered by Senator
Bells.
FOR THREE SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Local Law is Designed to Meet Recent
Decision Of the Court Of Appeals
in Old Taugle.

Following the recent decision of the
Maryland Court of Appeals, which de-
clared that the local school law, pro-
vlding six trustees for the Annapolis
public schools was not repealed by the
General School Law passed in 1904,
which was designed to create boards
of three trustees for all of the schools
in the State and the legal tangle into
which the Annapolis schools have b zen
plunged for some time, Senator Bells
last night introduced in the Senate
a bill designed to straighten things
out.
The bill, which was referred to a
select committee, is given below in
full because of its interest to Annapo-
lis and Annapolitans.
A BILL
Entitled an Act to repeal Sections
l6, II and Is of Chapter 275 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the January
session, 1896, and tc repeal Section
lS of Chapter 372 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, pass
ed at the January session, 1898.
Whereas, in 1896 local law was
tnacted creating a special board of
six trustees for the Annapolis district
school with absolute power of appoint
nent and removal of the teachers of
said district school without appeal:
and in 1898 supplementary Act was
passed which provided for the estab-
lishment of high school in the city of
Annapolis by the trustees and County
School Board conformity; and
Whereas, in 1904 a general law was
enacted intended to establish a uni
form school system throughout the
State, and providing for the repeal of
all laws or parts of laws inconsistent
herewith, the said local law Great
a special board of six trustees for
the Annapolis district school being
one of them; and
Whereas, the Court of Appeals has
just decided that said local law was
not repealed by said general law; and
Whereas, under the Interpretation
of the State Board of Education the
Annapolis district school is now and
has been for some time conducted un-
NNA NAAC SNCill OA lilAGG lIuSletS WHICH
is the same system Ithat prevails in
every other school in the State, and is
working harmoniously and to the en-
tire satisfaction of the school authori.
ties and patrons of said district
school; and to require lthe County
School Board now to appoint board
of six trustees might work confusion
and possible injury to the said dis
trict school; and
Whereas, in order to permit the
said district school to continue un
disturbed, the present system of three
trustees under the general law under
which system it is now being success.
fully conducted, it is necessary tc
repeal Sections 16,1 IL and l8 of Chap.
ter 275 of the laws passed by the
General Assembly of Maryland in
1896, and also Sections SO of Chapter
1872 of the Acts of 1898.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, that Sec,
tions 16, II and 18 of Chapter 275 o1
the Acts of the General Assembly o1
Maryland passed at the January ses
sion, 1896 be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Section 2. And be it futher enacted
that Section Is of Chapter 372 of the
Acts of the General Assembly o.
Maryland, passed at the January ses
sion, 1898, be and the same is hereb,
repealed -. So, ---
Section 8. And be it enacted tha
this Act shall take effect from tn,
date of its passage.