SCHOOLS.

1963

school money which the law makes it the duty of the said court
to draw for, receive and pay over, may for every such oflence,
and at any time within two years after the committing of the
same, be indicted therefor, in the county court of said county ;
and if upon trial he shall be found guilty of misconduct as afore-
said, he shall suffer for each and every offence as aforesaid, a
fine of one hundred dollars, to be collected from him by the
sheriff of saitl county who shall forthwith pay over the sum so
collected, to the orphans court of said county for the benefit of
the school funds of said county ; and moreover the person that
may be found guilty as aforesaid, shall in addition to the said
fine, be compelled by the said county court to forfeit and pay

Penalties
for neglect.

an amount equal to twice the sum of money that the jury
which shall try the matter of said indictment, shall And as the
amount of damages sustained by the said school funds, or by
any school or teacher, or person or persons, in consequence of
the misconduct of the person indicted as aforesaid, which for-

Twice the
amount of
damages

feiture shall be collected and paid over by the said sheriff with-
out delay, one-half thereof to the said orphans court for the
benefit of the school fund aforesaid, and the other half thereof
to, and for the use of the party or parties injured, or among
such parties according to a just apportionment to be made to
them respectively by the county court under the finding of the
jury as aforesaid.

To be
collected.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That any person, who, whilst
being or acting as a school commissioner in any district in said
county, shall abuse the trust reposed in such commissioner by
law, or be in any manner guilty of a violation of his duty as
such, shall forfeit and pay for each and every oflence, the sum
of twenty dollars for the benefit of the school funds of said
county, which said fine shall be recovered by indictment, in
the same manner as mentioned in the preceding section, and
be collected and paid over in the like manner, wholly to the
orphans court.

Responsi
bility of S.
commis-
sioners.

Penalties,
&c.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That all school moneys to be
distributed in said county, the apportionment whereof, is not
specifically, or otherwise particularly, herein before provided
for, shall hereafter he apportioned hy the said orphans court,

Moneys not
specifically
distributed.

among the several election districts in the proportions follow-
ing, to wit: to Hall's X Roads district, twenty-two per cent,
thereof; to Bel-Air district, twenty-two per cent.; to Mar-
shall's district twenty-one per cent, thereof; to Dublin dis-
trict, twenty-one per cent, thereof; and to Abingdon district,
fourteen per cent, thereof; and it shall be the duty of the said

How appr-
tioned.

orphans court to give early and public notice, by advertisement
in a newspaper published at Bel-Air, of every apportionment
made by them as aforesaid, and the net amount thereof, and a

Notice
thereof
published.