LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1816.

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of Baltimore, and for other purposes, and its supplements, a
fund has been pledged for the establishment of free schools
throughout the state : And whereas the said act, and its several
supplements, have directed that the said fund should be equally
divided among the several counties of this state ; therefore,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That nine sensible and discreet persons shall be appointed in
each county of this state, who shall be called Commissioners
of the School Fund, and they, or a majority of them, shall be
commissioners for the county for which they shall severally be
appointed, and shall apply in their several respective counties
each county's legal proportion of the above mentioned fund, as
they in their judgment may deem meet, so as to accomplish the
objects of the above mentioned act and its several supplements.
SEC. 2. Contains the names of the original commissioners for each
county.

Nine per-
sons to be
appointed
in each
county at
commis-
sioners.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the western
shore be authorized and required, on the application of the com-
missioners for any county, by their authorized agent, to pay or
cause to be paid, unto the aforesaid commissioners, or their
agent respectively, of each respective county, each county's
legal proportion of the above mentioned school fund.

On applica-
tion treasu-
rer to pay
each coun-
ty's propor-
tion of
school fund.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That on the application of the
commissioners of any county, by their authorized agent, to the
treasurer of the western shore for the above mentioned pro-
portion of their respective county, that the treasurer shall be
authorized and required to dispose of such part of the fund
appropriated for the establishment of free schools throughout
the state, as is requisite to pay off the respective proportion of
the county from which such application is made.

Treasurer
to dispose
of the
school fund.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the
commissioners of the school fund of each respective county
annually to report to the general assembly the manner in which
their proportion of the school fund may have been disposed of.

Commis-
sioners to
report to
general
assembly,
&c.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That no commissioner of the
school fund appointed by this act, shall receive any compensa-
tion for the performance of the duties required of him by the
said act

Commis-
sioners not
to receive
compensa-
tion.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the western
shore be and he is hereby directed, to pay to the order of the
levy courts of Frederick, Washington and Allegany counties,
their county proportion respectively of the school fund afore-
said, to be invested under the direction, and in the name of the
levy court of the county, in such manlier as may be most likely
permanently to secure the means of education as contemplated
by the act providing said school fund, until the principal and
interest may be sufficient, in the opinion of the levy court of

Treasurer
directed to
pay certain
counties
their pro-
portion, &c.