1982

HARFORD COUNTY.

supplement, it shall be understood and considered as applicable
to both male and female teachers ; and where a teacher shall
have kept school in more than one district during the time or
within the period, in reference to which distribution is to be

Their draft
for services.

made, such teachers being entitled to receive a draft in one
district for a portion of said time, shall not preclude the same
teacher from receiving a draft in another district for another or
different portion of said time.

Semi-an-
nual drafts
on W. S.
treasury.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
said orphans court, to draw on the treasurer of the western
shore twice in every year, to wit : in the second week in
January, and in the second week in July, for all school moneys
which may have accrued up to such times respectively, for the
use of schools in llarford county ; and if from any cause the
said court should not drawn punctually at the times aforesaid,
they shall proceed to do so as soon thereafter as possible.

School
record book
directed to
be kept.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That the said orphans court shall
keep a book, in which they shall cause to be registered, all the
particulars of their transactions with reference to the drawing,
receiving, keeping and paying away of any and all school
moneys with which the said court may be in any manner en-
trusted ; and that the said book shall be open to the inspection
of every citizen of the county without any charge therefor ;

Entries
therein.

and that the school commissioners of each school district shall
likewise keep a book in which they shall register from time
to time the several schools in their district, the number of
scholars at each school, the sex and age of each scholar,
the names of the several teachers, the several sums appro-
priated and distributed to them respectively, and the dates and
amounts of all drafts, and to whom payable, made by the said
school commissioners, upon the orphans court, the days of at-
tendance of each commissioner, and their proceedings gene-
rally ; which book shall be free for the inspection of every

Statement
/cquired
from teach -
.crs.

citizen, and no teacher shall be entitled to receive, for services
that may be performed after the passage of this act, any allow-
ance from the school commissioners, until he or she shall have
rendered a statement, under oath or affirmation, showing what
length of lime the said teacher has been engaged in keeping
school within the said county and district, and at what school-
house or houses, and to how many pupils the said teacher has
given instruction in each month, and the names, sex and ages
of said pupils.

Responsi-
bilily of
judges of
orphans
court.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That any person who, whilst
being or acting as a judge of the orphans court shall embezzle,
waste or misapply, or refuse or wilfully neglect punctually to
draw for, collect, receive or pay over, or to cause to be so col-
lected, apportioned and paid over, as required by law, any