1798

CAROLINE COUNTY.

Preamble.

And whereas, it appears by the report of the treasurer of the
western shore, that in conformity to the provisions of the act to
which this is a supplement, the said treasurer hath tiansferred
to the authorized agent of the commissioners of the school fund
of Caroline county, the following bank stock, to wit: of the
Commercial and Farmers' Bank of Baltimore, two thousand
three hundred and fifty dollars, and of the Mechanics9 Bank of
Baltimore, one thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars ;
and that the said treasurer hath also paid in money to the said
agent, at different times, the sum of sixteen hundred and forty-
five dollars and ninety-nine cents ; therefore,

Agents to
transfer.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the said justices of the orphans
court of Caroline county shall have power, and they are
hereby directed and required to call on the said agent, requir-
ing him to make a transfer of the said bank stock to them, for
the purpose of its being by them appropriated and applied for
the use and benefit of such schools in Caroline county as now
exist, except as herein after provided, or may hereafter exist
in said county ; and requiring him also, to pay over, or place
at the disposition of the said court, all the money which hath
been paid over to him by the said treasurer, to be applied for
the uses and purposes aforesaid.

Refusal—
remedy.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if upon the call or demand
of the justices of the orphans court aforesaid, upon the agent
aforesaid, for the purposes aforesaid, he shall neglect or refuse
to comply with said call within three months after such call or
demand is made, the said justices are hereby directed and re-
quired to take and pursue the necessary legal measures for
obtaining and recovering the same,

Accruing
funds;
subject to
whose
order.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all such funds as shall
hereafter come into the treasury of the western shore properly
belonging to Caroline county as a school fund, shall remain in
the said treasury, subject to the order of the justices of the
orphans court of said county, and shall be annually paid over
by the treasurer of the western shore, to the said justices or
their authorized agent ; any thing in any law heretofore passed
to the contrary notwithstanding.

Money and
dividend
consoli-
dated; how
to bo
applied.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the money now in the hands
of the agent of the commissioners of the school fund of said
county, and the dividend to be derived from the bank stock
now in the hands of the said agent, and all such moneys as
shall hereafter come into the treasury of the western shore
belonging to said county, shall be, and the same is hereby con-
solidated, and shall hereafter constitute, and be a school fund
for the use and benefit of any school now existing, or which
may hereafter exist in said county for the purpose of educating

Proviso.

poor white children in said county ; Provided, that nothing in