Year: 1865

shall be admitted.


Section 2. A Pupils guilty of disorderly OF
immoral conduct who after admonition refuse
to REFORM shall be suspended or expelled from
the school by the teacher, and his case refer.
red to the Commissioner


Saction g. Children living remote from
the Public School Of the School District in
which they reside, may attend the school in an
adjoining district, under such directions as the
Commissioner may prescribe.


Section 4. No child shall be admitted to
any Public School who shall not produce q
certificate from a regular physician that he
or she has been properly vaccinated.
CHAPTER VII.


TEXT BOOKS.


| Section /. To secure harmony in the
system ofPublc instruction, and to enable
children moving from one county to another
to pursue their studies without interruption
or unnecessary expense to parents or guard
ians; and also to prepare advance pupils uni
formly for the higher grades Of instruction in
High school and Colleges, there shall be a
uniform series of Text Books used in all the
schools Of the state organized under this law
! Section 2 The uniform series of Text
Books shall be prescribed by the State Board
of Education and may be contr acted for by
them as herein before provided for and shall
be distributed by the State Superintendent to
the Board of School Commissioners, in quanti-
/ ties and at times rs advised by them


Section g. On the first day of July each
year the several Boards of City and County
school Commissioners may send to the Office
of the state superintendent, q schedule of
books and stationery required for the use of
schools in their cities and counties during the
following school year stating when and in
what quantities they shall be forwarded -
Bills of books forwarded shall be made and
who shall Immediately pay for the same.


Section 4. The accounts for purchase and
distribution of text books and stationery shall
be kept separate and distinct from all other
accounts connected with the Office Of the
State Superintendent, and full statement
of contracts receipts and disbursements Is shall
be made annually to the Governor or General
Assembly and appended to the report of said
Superintendent.


Section 5. The Boards of school Commits
sioners shall decide how the text books and
stationery shall be distributed, and upon
what terms they shall be sold or the use of
them granted to pupils, provided always, that
if the District Commissioner is of opinion
that the parent or guardian of any pupil is un-
able to pay the expense of books, he may then
permit the use of books to such pupil free of
charge.


Section There shall be special clerk
appointed by the State Superintendent. who
shall attend to receiving and distributing text
books and stationery, and shall keep all ac-
counts connected Herewith. and perform such
other duties as the superintendent may direct
receiving for his services the sum of eight
hundred dollars per annum. payable quarter
Comptroller and the certificate Of the Super
intendent.


CHAPTER VIII.


HIGH SCHOOLS.


Section l. There shall be for each county
at least one High school in which instruction
shall be given to males and females in the
higher branches of English and scientific Ed
ucation and in the Latin and Greek Langu-
age and Mathematics, sufficient to prepare
youth to enter any one of the State Colleges
under control of the Council ofthe University
of Maryland The terms of admission to the
High schools shall be determined by the State
Board of Education. The number of High
schools in the city Of Baltimore shall be de-
termned by the Board of school Commission
ers.


Section g Whenever the Board of school
Commissioners ofany two counties shall think
it cxpedicnt they may, with the consent of
the Board of Education, unite their funds and
establish at some convenient and central To-
cation Union High school which shall be
open to youth Of both counties.


Section 8. Such Union High schools shall
be governed by joint committee consisting
of two members OF each County Board and
shall be subject to the visitation and exami.
nation equally of the President of the Board
Of school Commissioners of each county
uniting to establish the school.


Section L. The State donitions now made
to Academies and schools consisting of an an
nual appr 1aria;ion to each county aud now di-
yided among several Academies or paid TO the
school Commissioners for the General school
Fund, shall constitute-together with such
other donations as from time to time may be
made AID annual appropriations by the county
Board-a High school Fund and be used by
the Board of school Commissioners to aid in
paying the salary of the Principal and other
teachers of the High school.


Section 5. Suitable buildings for the high
school together with residence for the Prin-
cipal, shall be provided by the Board of
school Commissioners; Prorided, hosecrer,
That before proceeding to locate the high
school, the board of commissioners shall ad-
vertise and receive offers from the citizen. of
any di:trict or town who may be inclined to
provide suitable buildings apparatus. &c in
order to secure the location of the High school
in their neighbcrhood.


Section 6. These buildings shall be kept
in repair b. and the title vested in the Board
of school commissioners In all particulars
concerning text books course of study, mode
of discipline, the high school shall be under
the control of the State Board Of Education.


Section 7. Each High school shall be
visited and examined annually by the state
Superintendent or Professor Of the stat,
Normal school appointed BY him. They shall
also be visited at least once each school term
by the President of the board of school Com
nlissioners, who shall report quarterly to tho
Board the result of his observations, making
such suggestions as he may think will i'm