SCHOOLS.

2061

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
said managers, at their first meeting to be held as aforesaid, to
divide each of the election districts of Montgomery county into
a suitable and convenient number of school districts, and from
time to time to alter and regulate the same, as the public good,
or convenience of the people may require ; Provided however,
that in laying off said districts, or in altering the same, no tract,
or parts of tracts of land, lying contiguous and forming one
farm, shall be divided so that portions of the same property
shall be included in two separate districts, unless the same
shall exceed one thousand acres of land; And provided further
that no such division or alteration shall be made until public
notice be given to the owner or owners of such property.

Division
into school
districts.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the powers vested by law
in the present treasurer of Montgomery county, are hereby
continued, and he, or any other person that may be hereafter
appointed treasurer, by the proper authority, shall be autho-
rized and required to perform all the duties heretofore pre-

Treasurer.

scribed by law, and the commissioners for Montgomery county
shall ascertain and apportion, annually, among the several elec-
tion districts of said county, according to the number of free
white children between the ages of six and sixteen, the divi-
dends to which said county is entitled, and the money which

Commit-
sioners shall
apportion
school
moneys.

shall be received by said treasurer out of the several funds ap-
propriated to the purposes of education in this state, and im-
mediately after making such estimate and apportionment, shall
present said managers with a detailed statement thereof.

Receired
by treasurer

Statement
thereof to
managers.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said managers may
draw on said treasurer for their respective portions of the said
school fund, but before proceeding to draw, each of said mana-

Who are
authorizsd
to draw.

gers shall give bond to the state, with security, for the faithful
discharge of his duty, to be approved by said commissioners,
which bond shall be filed with the clerk of said county court,
and be liable to he sued by the said commissioners for any
breach of the conditions thereof.

Bond re-
quired.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That within ten days after the
division and formation of said election districts into school dis-
tricts, the said managers respectively, shall give public notice
to the citizens of each of such school districts of the metes and
bounds of such district, and shall notify them to assemble at a

Public no-
tice of the
district
limits.

time and place to be appointed and named in said notice, which
notice shall be published and put up at the most public place
in said school district, at least six days before the time of such

And of
meeting to
organize.

meeting; and in case such notice shall not be given as afore-
said, or the citizens of such district when so notified, shall
neglect or refuse to assemble, or in case any district meeting
having been formed and organized as aforesaid, be dissolved by

Renewal of
notice.