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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

closing a road, they shall appoint three persons of their own
body to make the examination, and the persons so appointed,
or a majority of them, shall after giving the notice required by
the act, to which this is a supplement, proceed to the examina-
tion of the same, and report their proceedings to the commis-
sioners in the same manner as examiners were heretofore
required to report, and shall be allowed the same compen-
sation as examiners now are allowed.

Appeal
provided.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That whenever any person or
persons shall deem themselves aggrieved, by the decision of
the commissioners in the case now pending, or that may here-
after come before them, he, she or they, shall have the right of
entering an appeal to the county court, at any time within
sixty days from the time of such decision by the commission-
ers, and the case shall be determined by the judges thereof, or
by a jury, at the option of either party.

Repeal.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all such parts of the act
and the supplement thereto, to which this is a further supple-
ment, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the
same are hereby repealed.

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

An ACT concerning the School Fund in Washington County. — 1821,
ch.215.

Trustees of
school fund.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Washington county, be, and they are
hereby authorized and required, at their first meeting after
the county is laid off into seven election districts, and an-
nually on the first Monday in May thereafter, to appoint five
upright and intelligent men for each election district, residents
thereof, in said county, who shall constitute a board of trus-
tees for the management of the school fund for the said dis-
tricts respectively.

Interest to
bo appor-
tioned; poor
children to
be educated

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the interest of the school
fund of said county shall be annually apportioned by the levy
court amongst the said election districts, in proportion to the
population of each, and paid Qver to the presidents of the
boards of trustees for the several election districts ; and it
shall be the duty of the presidents of the boards of trustees
respectively, to call a meeting of the several boards as soon as
convenient after the appointment of trustees are made, for the
purpose of selecting proper objects throughout their districts
for the application of the said fund ; and the several trustees
of each board respectively, shall subscribe and send such poor
child or children so selected, to the nearest and best school in
their respective neighbourhoods for instruction, proportioning
the number of children to the amount of funds under their