Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-15
THE SCHOOL LAW.
Sections Relating to Public Edu-
caiion"-The Full Text Of Sec
lions lG, IL, Is, 10.

Sectios &c, n Is and 10, of Chap
ter 275. of the Laws of 1896. relat-
ing 70 the building. etc. Of a public
school building in the city of Annapo-
lis, Nd:
Sec 16. And be it enacted That
the Board of District School Trus ees,
for the said school district in C.jy Of
Annapolis, hall always be CON 9sed
Of six persons, three Of whom sh be
men and three Of them women, that
for the year beginning on the firsl day
Of Nav, eighteen hundred and ninety
six, said Board of District School
Trustees shall consist of the follow
ing persons, viz: James w. Cain, Mrs.
Maggie A. Moss, Martin M. Smith,
Miss Kate CAN'T, John F. Strange
and Miss --- Porter Within thirty
days after the first day of May of
the present year, the said Board Of Dis
trict School Trustees shall meet and
enter upon the duties assigned such
trustees by Chapter 5, Article q. of
the Code of Public General Laws title
Public Education; at their first
meeting they shall appoint a chairman
to hold Office for one year, and shall
give notice Of such appointment to the
secretary of the Board of County
School Commissioners; they shall have
all the rights and powers, and shall
discharge all the duties conferred
and imposed by said Chapter upon
district school trustees, except that
they and their successors shall have
the absolute power of appointment
and removal of the teachers Of said
district school, without the approval
of the said Board Of County School
Commissioners.
Sec. II. And be it enacted. That at
their first meeting said Board of Dis
trict School Trustees shall by lot
divide themselves into three classes,
with one man and one woman in each
class; the first class shall hold Office
for one year; the second class for two
years; and the third class for three
years, from the first day of May of the
present year, respectively, and they
shall give notice Of such division and
Of the names of each such class to
the secretary of the Board Of County
School Commissioners.
Sec. IS. And be it enacted, That
vacancies in said Board of District
School Trustees, whether by death, re-
moval, expiration Of term, or other
wise, shall be filled by the Board of
County School Commissioners each
such appointment to fill a vacancy
caused by expiration Of a term of
Office shall be for the term of three
years from the first day of May, when
such term expires, and each such ap-
pointment to fill any other vacancy
shall be for the unexpired portion OF
the vacated term such appointees shall
be citizens of Annapolis, who will
take an active interest in the man
agement Of said school q woman shall
ALWAYS succeed a woman, and man
shall always succeed a man, so that
equality in that respect shall be main
tanned mong such trustees, and as far
as possible equality cf representation
| shall also be maintained among them
| in respect Of either political views in
making appointments to fill vacan-
cies in their number, and the trustees
| named in this act shall Re eligible for
| reappointment.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That
Chapter go of the Acts Of 1894, en-
titled IAN Act to authorize the School
| Commissioners of Anne Arundel
county to borrow money on the credit
of Anne Arundel county, to purchase a
lot or lots and to erect and furnish,
with the assistance Of the city of An
napols," be, and the same is hereby
| repealed: and all acts or parts Of acts
and provisions Of the Codes OF Public
| General Laws or Public Local Laws,
! inconsistent with the provisions OF
this act, be and the same are HEREBY
repealed