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county, do certify that a school has been kept in said district for
at least three months during 'the year last past from the date
hereof, by an instructor duly appointed and approved in all
respects according to law, and that all moneys received during
the said year from the commissioners of primary schools, have
been faithfully applied in paying the salaries of such instructor.

Dated. Trustees;"
and all moneys apportioned as aforesaid, shall be paid by the
commissioners aforesaid, to the trustees, on their making and
delivering to them a certificate substantially in form following:

"We, ----, the trustees of ----, do hereby certify that all
moneys heretofore received from the commissioners of primary
schools have been faithfully applied according to law.

Trustees."

171. All moneys which shall be apportioned by the commis-
sioners and shall remain in their hands, either from the omission
or neglect of the trustees to apply for and make the necessary
certificates to entitle them to the same, or from any defect in
such certificates, for the space of one year thereafter, shall be
added to the moneys next to be apportioned by them, and shall
be apportioned and paid with such moneys.

172. The trustees in each school district shall, on or before
the first days of April and October in each year, make and
transmit to the commissioners of primary schools a report
specifying the length of time a school has been kept in such
district, the amount of moneys received by them, the manner
in which the same has been expended, and, as nearly as may be,
the number of white children taught in such district, and the
number of white children residing in such district between the
ages of five and fifteen years inclusive.

173. If any trustee shall make a false certificate or report,
by means whereof any money shall be fraudulently obtained
from the commissioners aforesaid, or unjustly apportioned by
them, he shall forfeit and pay double the amount so fraudu-
lently obtained to the commissioners of primary schools, to
be recovered, with costs of suit, by action of debt, before any
court of justice or any justice of the peace of the county, in the
name of said commissioners; and such sum, exclusive of the
costs of suit, shall be applied to the use of the primary schools
of the county.
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