PRINCE GEORGE:S COUNTY.

£403

the justices of the peace of Montgomery county, before whom
a warrant may be laid against a defendant residing in a dif-
ferent election district from that of the said justice of the
peace, to transmit said papers to some justice of the peace in
the district where said defendant resides, who shall try the
same, provided the defendant requests the removal of the same.

where
plaintiff and
defendant
reside in
different
districts.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
A further SUPPLEMENT to the Act, entitled, an Act to establish Primary
Schools in Prince George's County, passed at December session, 1837.
1839, ch. 71.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the taxable inhabitants of the respective school districts, and
the patrons of the schools established under the act to which
this is a supplement, shall meet annually on the first .Saturday
in May, at the school-houses within their respective school
districts, and appoint three persons, taxable inhabitants or pa-
trons, to serve as trustees for their respective schools, whose
duty it shall be to visit said schools quarterly, or oftener if
necessary, to supervise the manner in which said schools are
conducted, a majority of whom shall discharge any teacher for
improper conduct, or who may prove to be incompetent ; Pro-
vided, that nothing contained in this act shall interfere with
the powers of the trustees of the school fund authorized to
be appointed under the supplement .of the last session.

AN ACT to provide for the compensation of the Crier and Messenger to
Prince George's County Court.— 1839, ch. 72.

Appoint-
ment of
trustees to
supervise
schools.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the allowance by law of the fees to the crier of Prince
George's county court, he, and the same is hereby repealed,
and the compensation of the said officer is hereby established
at one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum, which shall
be in lieu of all other compensation.

Compensa-
tion to crier
to county
.court.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the messenger to the said
court, shall receive the same per diem allowance that is now
made to the bailiffs of said court, for every day that he shall
attend said county court, or as a court of chancery, but shall
receive pay for only one day when both said courts may be in
session.

Compensa-
tion to mes-
senger to
county
court.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Prince
George's county, be, and they are hereby authorized and di-
rected, at each and every levy-laying day, to levy upon the
assessable property in said county, a sum sufficient to pay the

Levy court
to assess to

pay their
salaries.