SCHOOLS.

1861

and assess on the assessable property of the said counties,
annually, the sum of twelve dollars for each child included in
the census reported by the said trustees, and the further sum
of fifty dollars to be applied as herein after directed, and the
collector of the said county shall collect the moneys so levied
as other county charges are collected, and pay the same as is
herein after directed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said treasurer of the
school funds shall demand and receive of the collector of said
county, the amount of said tax collected by him ; Provided, he
shall previously give bond, with approved security, to the levy
court of the said counties, under such penalty as the said court
shall require, for the faithful application of the moneys received
by him to the purposes herein after directed.

To be paid
to treasurer
of school
funds.
Proviso.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said trustees shall au-
thorize the parents, or such persons under whose care said
children may be, to send them to the nearest and most conve-
nient school ; Provided, that each child shall be entered at the
commencement of a quarter of the year, and shall not be con-
tinued at school at the public charge for a longer period than
three years.

Parents au-
thorized to
send chil-
dren to
school.
Proviso.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, whenever
a neighbourhood shall be without a school, shall endeavour, in
conjunction with the people of the neighbourhood, to establish
a school therein.

Trustees
may es-
tablish
schools.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the first named trustee in
each district shall be the president of the board of trustees in
each district, who may draw an older or orders every six
months on the treasurer of the school funds, for the tuition of
any child or children authorized to be educated at the public
charge, in the manner heretofore directed.

First named
trustee to be
president.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That the said treasurer shall settle
his accounts annually with the levy court of the said county,
and the said court shall allow him the sum of fifty dollars; au-
thorized to be levied as aforesaid, as a compensation for his
services.

Accounts to
be settled
annually.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That whenever the school fund of
this state shall be distributed in the several counties herein
mentioned, then and in that case the levy court of said counties
shall levy no more money for the purposes aforesaid than will

When
school fond
is distribu-
ted levy to
cease.

in addition to the distributive [*] of said counties make up a
sum sufficient to pay the tuition of the children aforesaid.

(*share)

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That in Talbot county no pro-
perty shall be taxed for the purposes mentioned in this act,
unless it shall appear to be assessed to the amount of two hun-
dred dollars.

Tai in
Talbot.