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TALBOT COUNTY.

from the product of his or her own labour, or from any other
source, of one hundred dollars, they shall levy a tax of two
dollars per annum; on each individual having one child or
more, between the age of six and fourteen years, and an an-
nual income, either from the product of his or her own labour,
or from any other source, of one hundred and fifty dollars,
they shall levy a tax of three dollars per annum ; whatever
amount shall then remain or be wanting, to pay off the teachers
in the several school districts in the county, after having first
ascertained the amount which will be received by Talbot
county from the treasurer of the western shore, for the sup-
port of primary or free schools, and levied the tax as above,
shall be raised by a tax on the taxable property in the county,
as other charges are levied and raised.

Teachers'
contract.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all contracts made by the
trustees of the several school districts, for the employment of
teachers, shall be ratified and confirmed by the commissioners
for the county, before such contract shall be obligatory, or the
teacher be allowed to receive any portion of the salary or com-
pensation allowed him for his services.

Disposition
of funds.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That the amount to be levied
on the inhabitants of Talbot county, under the provisions of
this law, shall be placed by the clerk of the commissioners for
the county, to the credit of the primary schools for Talbot
county, in the Branch of the Farmers' Bank of Maryland at
Easton, and in conjunction with whatever sum or sums of
money may be received from the treasurer of the western
shore, for the support of primary schools in said county, shall
constitute a general fund for the payment of teachers in the
primary schools in said county.

Tax col-
lected and

paid.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the tax to be levied on the
inhabitants of Talbot county under the provisions of this law,
shall be collected by the collector of the county tax as other
county taxes are collected, and at the same commission ; and
when collected shall be paid over to the commissioners of
Talbot county, to be by them deposited in the Branch of the
Farmers' Bank of Maryland at Easton, for the use of the pri-
mary schools for Talbot count/.

School levy

list.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
district clerk in each school district in Talbot county, to ascer-
tain annually the number and names of the inhabitants of his
district, having one child or more, between six and fourteen
years of age, and having in his judgment an income, either
from the product of his or her own labour, or from any other
source, of one hundred or one hundred and fifty dollars, as the
case may be, and on or before the first day of June in each
year, to return to the commissioners for the county a list