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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1825.
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of the peace having jurisdiction thereof, by action of debt, the
one moiety thereof to the use of the primary schools of the
county for .which such officer was chosen or appointed as
aforesaid, and the other moiety thereof, with costs of suit, to
the use of any person who shall prosecute for the same to
effect.
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Commis-
sioners to
layoff
school dis-
tricts —
Record.
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SEC, 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
commissioners of primary schools, or the major part of them, to
divide their respective counties into a suitable and convenient
number of school districts, and to alter aad regulate the same
as hereafter provided, and it shall be the further duty of the
commissioners of the primary schools aforesaid, immediately
after the formation or alteration of any such school district in
their respective counties, to describe and number the same,
and to deliver the description and number thereof in writing, to
the clerk of the county, who is hereby required to receive and
record the same in the county records, without fee or reward.
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Change of
districts.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners may
alter and change the school districts, with a view to their
better arrangement, and the move general convenience of the
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Proviso.
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people ; Provided however, That no such alteration or change
shall be made before the first day of April, or after the first day
of June in each year, unless the trustees of the district, so to
be altered or changed, shall assent thereto.
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Constables
shall notify
appoint-
ments.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
several constables, in their respective counties, to notify the
different officers, to be appointed in virtue of the provisions of
this act, 6f their appointments, having received notice from the
appointing power, whose duty it shall be to give such notice to
the constables aforesaid.
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Notice de-
scribing dis-
tricts.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That whenever any school dis-
tricts shall be formed in any county, by the commissioners of
primary schools as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the suid
commissioners,, within twenty days thereafter, to make a notice,
in writing, describing such districts, and appointing a time and
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District
meeting.
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place for the first district meeting, and notify the taxable
inhabitants residing in such district as aforesaid, by public
advertisements, to be put up at the most public places of the
said district, at least six days before the time of such meeting
and in case such notice shall not be given as aforesaid, or the
inhabitants of such district, when so notified, shall neglect or
refuse to assemble or form a district meeting, in pursuance of
such notice, or in case any district, having been formed or
organized in pursuance of such notice, shall in the opinion of the
commissioners aforesaid, be dissolved by adjournment without
day, or from any other cause whatever, it shall and may be
lawful for the commissioners aforesaid, or any of them, at any
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