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TALBOT COUNTY.

Mode of
altering.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That in lieu of nine commission-
era of primary schools in Talbot county, it shall be the duty
of the commissioners of said county, and they are hereby re-
quired, if application to them shall hereafter be made by a ma-
jority of the taxable inhabitants of any school district in said
county, for any alteration in the lines of such district, setting
forth that such change would be for the better arrangement of
such district, and conducive to the convenience of the people ;
to appoint five discreet and disinterested persons, residents of
the election district within whose limits such school district
may He, whose duty it shall be after a full hearing of the
matter, if they shall believe that such change is required for
the reasons so set forth, to make such alteration, and make re-
turn thereof to the commissioners for the county, to be by
them recorded.

Repeal.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That all the provisions of an act,
passed at December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-
five, chapter one hundred and sixty-two, that are inconsistent
with, or repugnant to the provisions of this act, and the pro-
visions of the act to which this is a supplement, be, and the
same are hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to Talbot
county.

Publication
of act.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the
commissioners for Talbot county, and they are hereby required
to cause this act to be published in each of the papers pub-
lished in the tpwn of Easton, in Talbot county, for at least four
weeks previous to the first of June next.

AN additional SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act for the Instruction
of Youth in Primary Schools throughout this State. — 1835, ch. 368.

Alteration
of school
district.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That upon application to the commissioners for Talbot county,
of any person or persons, residents of said county, who may
feel themselves aggrieved by the laying off any of the school
districts of said county, it shall be the duty of the said com-
missioners upon being satisfied that the said application is rea-
sonable and ought to be granted, to appoint three judicious and
discreet persons to examine into the location so complained of,
and to make such change and alteration as justice may require ;
Provided nevertheless, that the said alteration in any school
district shall be ratified and confirmed by the said commis-
sioners.

When
made, con
clusive.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said alteration having
been so made and confirmed, and recorded by the said commis-
sioners, shall be final and conclusive, any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.