SCHOOLS.

1916

any case where such gate shall be found carelessly standing
open, not hung upon good iron hinges, or otherwise in bad
order and repair.

SEC. 8. And be if enacted. That all and every law, usage or
custom, heretofore existing or in use, which is repugant to, or
inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, shall be and is
hereby declared to be annulled, abrogated and repealed, so far
as respects that part of the county road, mentioned and intended
in this act to be provided for, in said county.

AN ACT to repeal an Act, entitled, an Act to exempt the servants of
Overseers of the County Roads in Dorchester County, from doing duty
on said Roads, passed December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-
six, chapter ten. — 1827, ch. 6.

Any law
repugnant
to this re-
pealed.

SEC. I. Belt enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the act entitled, an act to exempt the servants of over-
seers of the county roads in Dorchester county, from doing
duty on said toads, passed December session, eighteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, chapter ten, be, and the same is hereby
repealed, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwith-
standing.

Repeal.

o

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the act entitled, an act to
exempt the servants of overseers of the county roads in Dor-
chester county, from doing duty on said roads, passed Decem-
ber session, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, chapter fifty-
one, be, and the same is hereby in full force and operation.

1832, ch. 118, see 'Allegany County, title 'Bridges,' ante page 1310.
1838, ch. 206, authorizes a Gate to be erected in District No. 6.

SCHOOLS.
A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act to provide for the Public
Instruction of Youth in Primary Schools throughout this State, passed
at December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, chapter one
hundred and sixty-two, so far as relates to Dorchester County. — 1837,
ch. 206.

Act of 1823
revived.

WHEREAS, the present system of schools in Dorchester
county, is not found to produce the beneficial results which
the friends of education desire; And whereas, it is conceded
that the general diffusion of knowledge among us raises the
standard of moral influence which is the best guarantee for the
preservation of our republican institutions ; And whereas, it is
in accordance with the dictates of philanthropy, and the en-
lightened spirit of the age, to offer in common to all our youth
the advantages of education, without regard to the adventitious
circumstances of birth or fortune ; therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Dorchester county, be, and they are j

levy

$4,000

directed