SCHOOLS.

1917

semi-annual payments of fifty cents each, and in case of non-
payment the commissioners shall have full power to collect
the same by legal process.

Case of
neglect to
pay.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That each school district shall
provide a school-house.

School-
house.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the treasurer shall annually
report to the levy court an accurate statement of all moneys
received and disbursed bj him.

Report.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the whole amount of the
school fund for Dorchester county, except the several sums
appropriated for the benefit of the academies at New-Market
and Cambridge, together with that portion of the surplus reve-
nue which may hereafter be applied to the use of Dorchester
county, and the amount levied on said county, shall constitute
a consolidated fund for the use of primary schools in said

School
funds ap-
propriated.

county, and the treasurer of the said school fund as aforesaid,
shall have power to draw annually on the treasurer of the
western shore, for that portion of said fund which is subject to
be paid by the state.

Authority
to draw for.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the school fund aforesaid
shall be distributed to the several election districts in said
county, in proportion to the white population in said districts
respectively.

Rule of
distribution.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That a majority of the board of
commissioners in each election district shall be sufficient for
the transaction of business, and the first named commissioner

Quorum.

on the list shall act as president of the board, and the said com-

President.

missioners shall have power to meet at such times and places
as they may deem necessary and expedient in order to carry
into effect the purposes of this act, each commissioner before

Meetings.

he acts as such, shall take an oath before some justice of the
peace for said county, faithfully to discharge the duties of his
office.

Oath.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the levy court for said
county shall notify the commissioners of their appointment, by
causing an advertisement to be inserted in a newspaper or
newspapers published in the town of Cambridge, once a week
for three successive weeks.

Notifica-
tion.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That it is the intention of the
aforesaid act, that the advantages sought to be obtained thereby
is meant to extend to all white children over the age of six

All white
children
over six
years.

years, and that the commissioners shall have full power to
draw up rules and regulations for the management and govern-
ment of the schools in their respective districts.

Rules and
regulations.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts in-
consistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Repealing
clause.