LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1825.

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time thereafter, to renew such notice, and the inhabitants of
such district, liable to pay taxes as aforesaid, shall assemble
together in pursuance of such notice ; and when so assembled
in district meeting, it shall and may be lawful for them or a
majority of such of them as shall be present at such district
meeting, to adjourn to any other time or place ; and at such
first, or any future legal district meeting, it shall and may be
lawful for them, or a majority of such of them as shall be

present as aforesaid, to adjourn from time to time as occasion
may require to fix on a time and place for holding their future
annual meetings, which annual meetings they are hereby

Annual
meetings-
powers
vested.

authorized and required to hold; to choose by ballot one dis-
trict clerk, who shall give bond to the satisfaction of the
trustees, to keep the records and proceedings of such meetings ;

Appoint
clerk -his
record.

also three trustees to manage the concerns of such district, and
one district collector, also to designate a site for their school-

Three
trustees.

house ; to vote a tax on the resident inhabitants of such dis-
trict, as they or a majority of such of them as shall be present
as aforesaid, shall deem sufficient to purchase a suitable site for
the school-house, and to build, keep in repair and furnish such
school-house with necessary fuel, books, stationery and ap-
pendages, and to repeal, alter, regulate and modify all such
proceedings, or any part thereof from time to time as occasion

District col-
lector.

may require ; Provided however , That no alteration as to the site
of a school-house shall take place, but by consent of at least
four commissioners of the county ; and it shall and may be
lawful for the trustees of such districts, or a majority of them,
whenever they shall deem it necessary to call a special meeting
of the said inhabitants of such district, notice thereof being
given as herein after provided, and no district meeting held as
aforesaid shall be taken or deemed illegal for defect or want ol
due notice to any of the said inhabitants of such district;
Provided, that omission to give such notice be not wilful and
designed.

Provisos.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the clerk, trustees and col-
lector of each school district, shall hold their respective offices
until the annual meeting of such district next following the
time of their election, and a new election shall have been made ;
and in case such offices, or any of them, shall be vacated by
the death, refusal to serve, removal out of the district, or inca-
pacity of any such officer ; and such vacancy shall not be
supplied by the district at a special or other district meeting,
within one month thereafter, it shall and may be lawful for the
commissioners of primary schools for the county in which such
district shall be situated, to supply such vacancy by the appoint-
ment of any person residing in such district; and such appoint
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Respecting
clerk, trus-
tees and
collectors;
vacancies —
penalties
for neglect.