SCHOOLS.

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SEC, 16. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the commissioners for Talbot county, and thej are hereby re-
quired to cause to be published in each of the newspapers of
the town of Easton, for four weeks successively, a copy of this
act, and also to cause their clerk to furnish a copy thereof to
each supervisor of the public roads appointed in virtue of
this act.

SCHOOLS.
AN ACT to provide for the Education of Poor Children in Kent, Talbot,
Cecil, Anne Arundel and Montgomery Counties. — 1816, ch. 244.
See 'Cecil County,' title 'Schools,' ante page 1850.

1816, ch. 256, ante page 654, distributes the school fund.

A further SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act for the distribution of
a certain Fund for the purpose of establishing Free Schools in the
several Counties therein mentioned. — 1821, ch. 176.
Merged in 1837, ch. 306.

AN ACT entitled, a Supplement to an Act to provide for the Public Instruc-
tion of Youth in Primary Schools throughout this State .—1833, ch. 251.
See 1825, ch. 162, ante page 838.

Publication
directed.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all the powers vested by the original law to which this is
a supplement, in the levy court of Talbot county, be and the
same are hereby extended to the commissioners for said county.

Powers
vested in
commis-
sioners.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That in case the taxable inhabi-
tants of any school district in Talbot county, shall neglect or
refuse to assemble together, when notified to do so, to levy a
tax on the taxable property of such district, or to raise a suffi-
cient sum therefor in some other way, for the purpose of
building a school-house, and for purchasing fuel, books and
stationery therefor, or shall neglect or refuse to elect a district

Case of
neglect of
district.

clerk, the commissioners for the county shall proceed to levy
upon the taxable property in said district, a tax sufficient to
purchase a site, build a school-house thereon, and to purchase
the necessary books, stationery and fuel for the same, and
shall also appoint a district clerk and three trustees to manage
the concerns of such school district.

Commis-
sioners
shall pro-
ceed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That until there shall be a suffi-
cient sum appropriated by the legislature of the state to carry
into operation the general system of instruction in primary
schools throughout this state, the commissioners for Talbot
county, shall raise the deficiency for said county, by a tax on
the inhabitants of said county, in manner and form following,
viz : on each individual having one child or more, between
the age of six and fourteen years, and an annual income, either

Method of
taxing.