SCHOOLS.

2087

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the orphans court of Prince George's county, be, and
they are hereby substituted and appointed in place of the com-
missioners of the school fund heretofore appointed, and the
said orphans court are hereby vested with all the powers and
authorities which the said commissioners were vested with by
the act to which this is a supplement, and that they have full
power to appoint trustees for the distribution of the school
fund in the several election districts of said county.

Orphans
court sub-
stituted for
school com-
missioners.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the western
shore, be, and he is hereby directed to pay to the order of the
orphans court of said county, the proportion of the school fund
to which said county is entitled, or may hereafter be entitled.

Treasurer
to pay to
the orphans
court.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the commissioners of the
school fund heretofore appointed by the act to which this is a
supplement, be, and they are hereby directed and required on
or before the first day of May next, to pay over to the orphans
court of said county, the balance, if any, of such school fund
as may remain in their possession unexpended and not distri-
buted.

Commis-
sioners to
pay over.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
orphans court of said county, to report annually, on or before
the first of January, to the general assembly, the manner in
which its proportion of the school fund may have been dis-
posed of.

Orphans
court to
account an-
nually.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the register of wills for
Prince George's county, shall perform all the duties necessary
to carry into effect this act, under the direction of the orphans
court, without fee or reward, and the said court shall cause to
be kept in a bound book, a correct account of their proceed-
ings, subject to the inspection of the citizens of the county.

Register of
will* to net
gratis;, hook
of record.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any thing in the said ori-
ginal act or supplements thereunto, which is repugnant to, or
inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and the
same is hereby repealed.

Laws re-
pugnant
hereto
repealed.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the trustees to be appointed
under the authority of this act, shall report to the said orphans
court on the first Monday in May, and the first Monday in
October next ensuing their appointment, and on the first Mon-
day in May and first Monday in October in each and every
year thereafter, an accurate account of the distribution of the
fund committed to their charge, and also the number of pupils
educated out of the said fund, designating the sex and age of
said pupils.

1830, ch. 39 ; 1831, ch. 158 ; 1833, ch. 232, are merged in 1838, ch. 61.

Trustees to
account.