SCHOOLS.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said commissioners, so soon
as they shall have divided said county into sections, and made
a return thereof, and caused the same to be recorded as afore-
said, shall appoint five of the most discreet and sensible men
of each section, as trustees of the school of said section, and
shall cause the clerk of the county to make out and transmit to
the first named trustee of each section a copy of the descrip-
tion and designation of the section of which he is a trustee.

Five trus-
tees to be
appointed
in each
section.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said .commissioners
before they proceed to act as such, shall take an oath, or affir-
mation, as the case may be, -well and faithfully, and without
favour, affection or partiality, to execute the duties assigned
them by this act.

Commis-
sioners to
take an
oath.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said trustees in each of
said sections, so soon as they shall deem it convenient after
their appointment, shall notify the voters of their respective
sections, in such manner as they shall consider most conve-
nient and proper, to meet at such time, not less than ten days,
and at such place in the section as said trustees may appoint,
to consider and determine of the best means to procure a suita-
ble lot or piece of ground and school-house for the use and
accommodation of said section, and said voters of each section,
-or a majoiity of them, shall have power and authority to judge
and determine whether the said piece or lot of ground and
school-house shall be procured by voluntary contribution, or
by an equal and proportionable tax on the assessed property of
faid section ; and the said trustees shall have power to collect
and receive subscriptions, and money, if the said voters shall
determine to resort to voluntary contribution, and to levy and
assess the sum fixed on by said voters upon the property of the
section, should said voters, or a majority of them, determine to
resort to a tax.

Voters to
determine
means of
procuring
ground. &c.

SEC. G. And be it enacted. That said trustees shall have full
power and authority to collect all moneys which may be volun-
tarily offered or subset ibed, and upon default of any subscriber
to pay the amount of his subscription, to recover the same by
the same legal means that any person in this state may or can
recover any debt of equal amount which may be due them,
and to appoint such as they may think proper to collect the
several sums which may be levied as herein before authorized,
\vhich said person, so appointed, shall have all the power and
authority to collect the same which the county collector now
has or may hereafter have.

Trustees to
collect
money.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the trustees of each of said
sections shall elect one of the said trustees as their president,
who shall preside in all their meetings, and authenticate by his
signature the acts of said trustees ; and said president and

To elect a
president.