SAINT MARY'S COUNTY. 2405

SAINT MARY'S COUNTY. AN ACT to change the time for the appointment of Overseer of the Poor in Saint Mary's County.— 1829, ch. 151.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly qf Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act, the trustees of the poor for St. Mary's county, shall meet at the poor's-house in said county, pn some convenient day during the month of July in each and every year, for the purpose of effecting an overseer for the next year, who shall enter upon the discharge of his duties on the first day of January next ensuing his appoint- ment.	Trustees to elect over- seer of poor annually.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That if the said situation of over- seer shall at any time become vacant, said trustees shall hold a meeting as soon thereafter as convenient and appoint some	To fill va- cancy.
suitable person for the remainder of said year; Provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with any right which said trustees may now possess to remove said overseer at their discretion, and to appoint another in his place.	Overseer subject to removal.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.	Repeal.

AN ACT to repeal an Act, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, entitled, a further Supplement to the act, entitled, an Act for marking and bounding land, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and eighty-six, as relates to Saint Mary's County. — 1839, ch. 160.
Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the act passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, entitled, a further supplement to the act, entitled, an act for marking and bounding land, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and eighty-six, as relates to Saint Mary's county, be, and the same is hereby repealed. AN ACT Supplementary to nn Act, passed December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, chapter three hundred and sixty-two, entitled, an Act to divide Saint Mary's County into School Districts, and to erect School houses therein — 1839, ch. 192.	Act re- pealed.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in the event of the trustees of any school district or dis- tricts in Saint Mary's county, failing to build a school-house or houses, according to the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, then it shall be the duty of said trustees, until such time as they shall have complied with the provisions of the aforesaid act, to contract for the education of the poor chil- dren in their respective school district or districts, with any convenient private teacher, upon such terms as indigent chil- dren have heretofore been educated; or if in their judgment it	Until school- house is provided, trustees to contract with private teacher.