SCHOOLS.

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Aw. ACT, entitled, a further Supplement to an Act to provide for the Public
Instruction of Youth in Primary Schools in this State.— 1837, ch. 306.

WHEREAS, an additional sum has been recently appropriated
by the legislature of this state to carry into operation a general
system of instruction in primary schools throughout the state
by the distribution of the interest upon the surplus revenue ;
therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the commissioners for Talbot county be, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually upon (he
assessable properly of the county, the sum of two thousand
dollars, to be applied to the purposes of primary schools, and
all acts and parts of acts authorizing and directing any levy

Lery

$2,000 an-
nually on
Talbot
county.

beyond this amount for the purposes aforesaid, be, and the
same are hereby repealed.

Reptal.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the commissioners aforesaid
shall draw upon the treasurer of the western shore annually,
in the second week in July, for such portion of the income of
that part of the surplus revenue received from the government
of the United States, of which the interest has been pledged by
the state for the advancement of education, as said county shall
be entitled to receive, and shall also draw as aforesaid for the
share which Talbot county is entitled from the income arising
from the free school fund, and for the said county's share of
any fund appropriated, or hereafter to be appropriated for
school purposes.

Authority
to draft for
school fund.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the said commissioners shall
apportion the said funds when so drawn, and the said sum of
two thousand dollars so levied and collected, as other county
taxes are among the several school districts in said county, in
such portions as in their discretion they shall deem just and
reasonable, and as soon as said funds shall have been received
and deposited in bank by said commissioners they shall be

Apportion
the same.

authorized to pay over semi-annually to the several teachers of
said schools, with whom a contract shall have been made, rati-
fied and confirmed as now provided by law, their respective

Pay

teachers.

apportionments ; Provided, each teacher before receiving the
same shall produce a certificate from the trustees of his school

Certificate
required.

district that he is entitled thereto; And provided further, that
said trustees may grant a certificate for services rendered dur-
ing a period less than a half year, should circumstances render
it necessary.

Further
proviso.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in addition to the sum which
each teacher shall be entitled to receive as aforesaid, under the
contract, and certificate from the said commissioners, ho may
be permitted to charge the parents and guardians of each
scholar such sum as the trustees of said school district may in

Charge for
tuition.