1796

CAROLINE COUNTY.

trustees shall have full power and authority to make all rules
and regulations, from time to time, for the government of the
schools of their respective sections, and the same to alter,
change and abolish, as they may think proper.

Succession
of trustees,
how to bo
kept up.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That said trustees, so appointed,
shall continue to serve as trustees until the first Monday in
May after their appointment as aforesaid, on which first Mon-
day in May, and so on the first Monday in May in every suc-
cessive year, the voters of the section shall assemble, at such
place as the trustees shall have ten days previously appointed,
and by ballot elect five trustees for the ensuing year, which
said trustees, when so elected, shall have, use and exercise,
all the power and authority given to the herein fiist before
named trustees, for and during one year, and until other trus-
tees may be elected in their stead.

Vacancies.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That if any trustee appointed by
virtue of this act, shall refuse to act, remove out of the section
for which he was appointed, or die, the remaining trustees, or
a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to elect
a proper and suitable person or persons to fill all vacancies
which may happen until the annual election.

Commis-
sioners'
allowance.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That each commissioner shall
be entitled to receive for every day which he may be actually
engaged in performing the -duties required by this act, one
dollar per day, and no more, and that the clerk of the county
shall receive such fees for his services as is usual for such
services.

Levy court
to collect
the same.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the levy court are hereby
authorized and required, in their county levies, to levy and
collect the same as other county charges are levied and
collected.

When a
house ts
procured
trustees en-
titled to
proportion
of funds
pledged,
Ins

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That so soon as any of said
trustees shall have provided a good and sufficient school-house
for the accommodation of the inhabitants of their section, and
levy court of said county shall be satisfied thereof, it shall be
the duty of the said levy court to give said trustees a certificate
thereof, which certificate shall be evidence of the establishment
of said school, and shall entitle the said trustees to their due
and equal proportion of the funds pledged by this state, for the
establishment of free schools, by virtue of a supplement to the

*Dec. 1913,
ch. 122.

act,* entitled, an act to incorporate a company to make a turn-
pike road leading to Cumberland, and for the extension of the
charters of the several banks in the city of Baltimore, and for
other purposes, and the several supplements thereto.

When
ready for
reception

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That as soon as any school to
be established by virtue of this act shall be ready for the
tuition of children, that it shall be the duty of the trustees of