SCHOOLS.

1975

hereby empowered and authorized, to draw, from year to year,
on the treasurer of the western shore, and the treasurer is
hereby required to pny to their order, the proportion of the
school fund to which said county is, or hereafter may be
entitled.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the orphans court of said
county shall, from time to time, as such moneys come to their
hands, distribute the same in the manner it has heretofore been
done, to the several commissioners of said county, to be dis-
posed of according to law, they the said orphans court taking
the receipts of said commissioners therefor.

Orphans
court to
distribute.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the said commissioners shall
report to the said orphans court, on the first Monday in Novem-
ber, in each year, an accurate account of the manner in which
they have expended or disposed of said moneys, and the
vouchers of their expenditures shall be on oath, and shall be
safely kept [on] file by the said orphans court.

Report to
orphans
court

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any of said commissioners
shall prove delinquent in any of the duties incumbent on them,
under the law relative to their trust, or shall in any way mis-
apply said moneys committed to their trust, they shall be
accountable to the orphans court aforesaid, in any action or
actions at law in any court of justice, to be brought by and in
the name of said orphans court, for the amount of moneys so
misapplied by them, or for damages, such as shall be deemed
by said court proper for such delinquency or misconduct.

Accounta-
bility.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said orphans court shall,
every year, report to the legislature an accurate account of all
their proceedings under this act, at the commencement of each
session thereof, and also an account of the number of pupils
educated out of said fund, designating the age and sex.

Report to
legislature.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the register of wills of
Harford county shall perform all such services as he may be
required and directed by the orphans court of said county to
perform in virtue of this act, without fee or reward ; and he
shall keep in a well bound book or books, to be provided for
the purpose, fair and correct accounts and statements of the
proceedings of the said court, in relation to the proportion of
the school fund to which the said county is, or may hereafter
be entitled, exhibiting, in a particular manner, how the same
has or may be appropriated and disposed of; which said book
or books shall be kept open and accessible to the examination
and inspection of the citizens of the county, and all other per-
sons that may be interested or in any way concerned therein.

Record ;
gratii.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage
of this net, the orphans court of said county shall fill all va-
cancies which may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise,

Vacancy.