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SAINT MARY'S COUNTY.

plements thereto, to which this is a further supplement, be,
and they are hereby authorized to draw on the treasurer for
the amount of money allotted to Saint Mary's county, by the
provisions of the original act, whenever they shall deem it
necessary, to defray the expenses of the free schools in said
county.

Repeal.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed.

AN ACT to divide Saint Mary's County into Primary School Districts, and
to erect School-houses therein. — 1838, ch. 362.

Commis-
sioners to
lay off
school
districts.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the persons herein after named in the second section of
this act, be, and the same are hereby appointed commission-
ers of primary schools for Saint Mary's county, whose duty it
shall be to lay off and describe their respective election dis-
tricts, into a suitable and convenient number of school districts,
not exceeding three for the first, five for the second, seven for
the third, five for the fourth, and three for the fifth election
district, and it shall be the further duty of said commissioners
of primary schools, whenever they shall have laid off and de-

Fix site for
school-
house.
And ap.
point five
trustees.

scribed any school district, to fix upon some central situation
therein, as a site for a school-house, and to appoint five suitable
and discreet persons friendly to the establishment of primary
schools, and residents of such district, who shall act as trustees
of such school district.

Commis-
sioners
named.
1st election
district.

2d do.

3d do.
4th do.
5th do.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That Wm. L. Smith, John W.
Bennet, and Caleb M. Jones, be, and they are hereby appointed
commissioners of primary schools for the first election district ;
Richard Thomas, Cornelius Coombs, and John Holton, for the
second; William Floyd, Bennet Gough, and William T. Mad-
dox, for the third ; James Schammell, Benedict I. Heard, and
Richard H. Miles, for the fourth ; and George Thomas, John
H. Sothoron, and Robert Davis, for the fifth ; and it shall be
their duty, on or before the second Monday in June next,
to return in writing to the commissioners for Saint Mary's

Report
required.

county, an account of their proceedings, together with a de-
scription and number of each school district in their respective
election districts, and a list of the names of the trustees ap-
pointed by them for each respectively, all which shall be
received and recorded by the clerk of the county commis-
sioners, in a book kept for that purpose.

Case of
persons
declining.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case any one or more of
the commissioners of primary schools above named in any elec-
tion district, shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provi-
sions of this act, on or before the second Monday of June next,