DORCHESTER COUNTY.

ami form provided in the third section of the supplement to an
act, to which this act is an additional supplement.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That it is the intention of this
act, that the benefit of the primary schools in the aforesaid
county of Dorchester, shall be extended to all white children
over six years of age, and that all male adults shall also be
permitted to receive instruction in said schools ; Provided
always, that each and every such adult desiring the benefit of
said schools, shall fust obtain the permission of the commis-
sioners of the district to which they belong, and shall agree to
pay such sum for tuition, as shall be determined upon by the
said school commissioners, and the money so required to be
paid, shall, when collected, be applied to the benefit of said
school.

Who to
have benefit
of schools.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That all persons privileged un-
der this act to receive instructions at the primary schools in
Dorchester county aforesaid, when they are so located in the
school district in which they belong as to make it more conve-
nient for them to go to the adjoining school district, be, and

Scholars
mayy sttend
school most
convenient.

they are hereby authorized to do so ; Provided always, that
the scholar or scholars, desiring to avail him, her or their
selves of the benefit of this proviso, shall first obtain the con-
sent of the school commissioners of the district in which he,
she or they wish to be instructed.

Proviso.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the five school commis-
sioners appointed for each election district, by the commis-
sioners of the tax of the said county of Dorchester, as pro-
vided in sec. 4 of this supplement to an act to which this is
an additional supplement, be, and they are hereby authorized
to appoint three or more auxiliaries for each school in said
district, for the purposes of superintending said school or
schools.

Auxiliary
school com-
missioners.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the school
fund appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, by the commis-
sioners of the tax of said county of Dorchester, shall perform
all the duties assigned him under the 2d section of the supple-
ment to the act to which this is an additional supplement, and
shall receive as compensation for his services, one and a half
per cent, on all sums collected and disbursed by him for the
benefit of said schools.

Duties and
compensa-
tion of trea-
surer of
school fund.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the commissioners for each
school district in the county aforesaid, be, and they are hereby
authorized to employ, and to contract for the payment of a
teacher or teachers, of the said school or schools, in said dis-
trict or districts, in the manner provided in the fourth section
of the supplement to the act to which this act is an additional
supplement ; Provided always, that in no instance shall they,

Commis-
sioners to
contract
with teach-
ers.