Time, for the future, as the Circumstances will admit of, as may give
due
Encouragement to one or more Masters, and be necessary and useful for
the
improving and perpetuating such School.
IX. An further, the Visitors of every Schools,
after it shall be erected,
are hereby required to meet thereat, at least Four Times a Year, to
inspect,
into and consider of, and direct the necessary Affairs thereof.
X. And for the enabling the Visitors of the
Schools as aforesaid, for the
purchasing of Lands, and erecting of Schools, and encouraging of Masters
in manner as aforesaid, Be it Enacted, that the Money already raised
for
the use of County Schools, and that is now in the Public Treasurers
Hands,
being divided into h Twelve equal Parts, answering
to the Number of County
Schools now to be erected, the Treasurers, in whose Hands such Money,
lies, are hereby required to make due Payment of one of those Twelve
Parts
or Dividends of Money in their Hands, to the Visitors of the Schools
for
each County, or the major Part of them, or their Orders, whensoever
they
shall have Occasion to draw on such Treasurers for the same; and the
like
Payment shall, from Time to Time, be made to the Visitors as aforesaid,
by
the Treasurers, of the lie Dividends that shall hereafter arise, due
to such
Schools, and come to their Hands; and the Visitors of the Schools as
aforesaid,
are hereby impowered to dispose of all such Money as they shall receive
from Time to Time, in such manner as may be most for the Encouragement
and Advancement of such School.
h by 1746,
ch,
7, a School was erected in Worcester County; and the Whole
directed to be
divided into
13 Parts, of which the new erected School to have One Part.
XI. And be it
likewise Enacted, That the Visitors of each School, to be
constituted, qualified and incorporated in Manner aforesaid, or the
major
Part of them and their Successors, be, and are hereby enabled to take,
hold,.
and enjoy, and be apt and capable in Law, for taking, holding and enjoying,
all Manors, Lands, Tenements, Inheritances, Franchises and Possessions
whatsoever,
Spiritual or temporal, to the Value of Fifteen Hundred Pounds Sterling,
and all other Goods, Chattels, Money and personal Estate whatsoever,
of
the Gift of any person whatsoever, that already hath, or hereafter
shall be,
willing to bestow them for the Use of the said Schools, or any other
gifts,
Grants, Assignments, Legacies or Appointments of the same, or any of
them,
or any other Goods whatsoever; to be applied by the Visitors for the
Uses and
in Manner as aforementioned: And the said Visitors are likewise
hereby authorized
to receive all and every such Fines and Forfeitures as have already
arisen
due, or that shall hereafter arise due to their several County Schools,
in whose
Hands soever the same are lodged, or hereafter shall be lodged, and
upon Refusal
or Delay of Payment thereof, that then they may, at their Discretion,
exercise the Powers and Authorities, (given them as a Body Politic
by this
Act) for the Recovery of the same; the which Fines and Forfeitures
are
likewise to be applied to the uses and in Manner aforesaid.
XII. Provided
always, That the Visitors to be appointed for every School
as aforesaid, and their Successors, from Time to Time, are hereby impowered
to appoint a Register, and allow him a reasonable Salary, who is hereby
obliged to keep a fair Account of all their Proceedings, and of the
Applications
by them to be made of all Monies, Tobaccoes, or other Commodities,
or Matters, or Things whatsoever, that shall come to their Hands by
virtue
of the Authorities given them by this Act, which shall at all Times
hereafter
be subject to the Examination and Correction of the General Assembly
of
this Province.
XIII. And be
it further Enacted, That every Person by this Act appointed
as a Visitor of the County Schools, or that shall hereafter be nominated
and
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CHAP.
XIX.
Visitors to
meet 4 Times
a Year.
The County
Schools to
have an equal
Share of the
Money appropriated
to
their Use, and
the Treasurers
to pay the
same to the
Visitors of
each County,
to be by them
disposed of
for the Encouragement,
&c. of such
Schools.
The Visitors
of each
School enabled
to hold
Lands, &c.
to the Value
of 1500 l.
Sterling, and
all other Personal
Estate
given to the
Use of
Schools,
and to recover
all Fines
arising due to
their several
County
Schools.
To appoint a
Register, and
allow him a
Salary;
Their Proceedings
subject
to Examination. |