SCHOOLS.

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dred and fifty dollars, for each and every primary school dis-
trict in said county, which shall have been reported to the
said levy court, by the trustees thereof, as organized, on or
before the first day of July, in each and every year, for the
support of primary schools, except for the erection of houses,
which may be erected in the manner and by the means hereto-

$150 for
each prima-
ry school
district

fore provided by law, and the said sum so levied as aforesaid,
shall be collected by the collector of the county, and paid over
to the treasurer of the school fund for said county, and by him

To be col-
lected and
paid over.

apportioned among the several school districts, entitled to re-
ceive the same, allowing to each district the said sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars, and the levy court in ascertaining

Appor-
tioned.

and regulating the tax, shall pursue the following mode ; they
shall ascertain the aggregate valuation of the real estate in said
county and also the aggregate valuation of the personal estate,
shall deduct one-third part of the aggregate valuation of the real
estate, and adding the remaining two-thirds to the aggregate
valuation of the personal estate, shall assess and levy upon the
amount thus produced a certain rate or sum in every hundred
dollars, so as to produce the said sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars for each and every school district in said county which
shall have reported as aforesaid, and in ascertaining the amount
of each individual owner of property the same process shall be
observed, where real and personal property shall be owned by
the same individual, and where only personal estate is owned,
the tax shall be laid upon the assessed value of such estate
according to the rate aforesaid.

Mode of
regulating
tax.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the office of commissioners
and inspectors of primary schools, in Kent county, be, and the
same is hereby abolished, and that the trustees of primary
schools in each election district of said county, or a majority of

Commit-
sioners and
inspectors'
office
abolished.

them, are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, in-
vested with and empowered to exercise all the functions and
duties of commissioners and inspectors, except the examination
of teachers, and that the trustees of each school district shall
have all the powers necessary to the examination, approval
and employment of teachers, in their respective school dis-
tricts, which were given to the commissioners and inspec-
tors for that purpose, in the original act to which this is a
supplement.

Trustees to
be commis-
sioner!.
Powers.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
board of trustees in each election district, or any one of the

trustees in said election district, may exercise the power, to
call district meetings as soon as convenient, in all the school
districts in their respective election districts, where schools
have not been organized and carried into operation, to make

Duty of
trustees to
call
meetings.

notice in writing, describing such district, and appointing a

Notice.