Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That in all cases when
school house sites are thus purchased or condemned,
the cost thereof shall be paid by the School Commis-
sioners as other public school property is paid for,
and in cases where new school houses are required to
be erected and where a public school fund existed
prior to January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
they may, at their discretion, pay out of said fund
in whole or in part, the cost of such building, on
the condition, however, that the interest of the
amount so paid over, shall be charged to the an-
nual account of the school or schools, occupying
the building or school house erected in the manner
aforesaid.

School house
sites—how
paid for.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That a State tax of
fifteen cents on each one hundred dollars of taxa-
ble property throughout the State shall be levied
annually for the support of the free public schools,
which tax shall be collected at the same time and
by the same agent as the general State levy, and
shall be paid into the Treasury of the State, to be
distributed by the Treasurer to the board of School
Commissioners of the city of Baltimore and the
several counties in proportion to their respective
population between the ages of five and twenty
years, but nothing herein contained shall be so
construed as to prevent the County Commissioners
of the several counties of the State from levying
and collecting in the same manner any additional
taxes for the building of school houses, or for
paying for such school houses as have been built
since January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
in any school district or sub-district within

State Tax of
15 cents to be
levied.

the State; provided a majority of the votes in
such district or sub-district shall go determine
and require, by a majority of its voters, at either
a regular or special election held for the purpose,
of which election a notice of at least fifteen days
shall be given by the President of the board of
School Commissioners of the county, or the Presi-
dent of the board of County Commissioners.

Proviso.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.