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TALBOT COUNTY.

Annual report.	SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners for Talbot county, to report in the month of December annually, a summary of their proceedings under this act, to the general assembly.
The voters to ratify or reject tuts . law.	SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of judges of election in the several election districts of Talbot county, at the next annual election for delegates to the general assembly of this state, to ask each and every voter when he offers to vote, whether he be for or against this act ; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said election, to make an entry of both the affirmative and negative votes, on said ques- tion, on the poll books, in two separate columns, to be pre- pared for that purpose by the sheriff of said county ; and it shall be the duty of said judges to count all the votes so entered, and make return thereof to the commissioners for said county, and if it shall be ascertained that a majority of voters are in favour of this act, then it shall be operative ; but if there be a majority against it, it shall be null and void. A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, a Supplement to an Act to provide for the Public Instruction of Youth in Primary Schools, throughout this State.— 1835, ch. 278.
If taxables neglect.	SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in case the taxable inhabitants of any school district in Talbot county, shall have refused or neglected to comply with the provisions contained in the second section of the act, to
Duty of commis- sioners.	which this is a supplement, it shall be the duty of the commis- sioners for said county, and they are hereby required to carry into operation the provisions contained in the said second sec-
Duty of clerk.	tion, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of each school dis- trict to make out a list of all the taxable inhabitants in their respective school districts, and also an estimate of the cost necessary for the purposes named in said section, and make return thereof to the commissioners for the county, on or before the first day of June next, and the said commissioners
Tax.	are required at their first meeting thereafter to levy a tax upon said taxable inhabitants, to be collected in the same manner as is provided for in the act to which this is a supplement, and to be paid over to said commissioners to be by them paid over to the trustees of the proper school district, or their order, to be by them applied to the purposes contemplated by the said second section.
Three in- spectors.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in lieu of eighteen inspec- tors of primary schools in Talbot county, there shall be three well qualified and discreet persons appointed annually by the commissioners for the county, whose only duty it shall be to examine all persons who shall offer themselves as candidates