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Sec. 2. The Board of County School Commis- sioners may receive donations of such sites, or loca- tions for school houses or of houses already built, adapted to school purposes, or suitably located, or may purchase the same, but in no case shall any site be built upon, or any house be occupied, until	Donation of sites.
a good and sufficient title shall have been obtained for the same, in the corporate name of the Board of County School Commissioners.	Title.
Sec. 3. When the lands shall be required for the site of a school house or for enlarging a school house lot and the Board of County School Com- missioners shall, from any cause, be unable to con- tract with the owner thereof, the Board of County School Commissioners may apply for a writ "ad quod damnun," to the clerk of the Circuit Court for the county, who shall forthwith issue the same, and the Sheriff shall execute the said writ, and return an inquisition in term or during recess, hear a motion to confirm such inquisition, on such notice to the parties as he may direct, and confirm	Condemn if unable to pur- chase.
or quash the same; and if he quashes the inquisi- tion, he .shall order a new one forthwith to be taken, but no lot so taken or enlarged, shall exceed in whole one acre, including the land occupied by the school building.	Quash inquisi- tion.
Sec. 4. In all cases when school house sites are thus purchased or condemned, the costs thereof shall be paid as other school house property is paid fur.	Costs — how paid.
Sec. 5. Every school house shall be built and furnished according to plans and drawings issued from the office of County School Commissioners, CHAPTER 7. — Schools.	Build and fur- nish.
Section 1. The schools under the charge of the Board of County School Commissioners for each county, shall respectively be designated School No. 1, 2, 3, &c., of their respective election districts.	Designation.
Sec. 2. In every school house district in each county, established as hereinafter provided, there shall be kept for ten mouths in each year, one or more schools, according to population, which shall be free to all white youth over six and under twenty-one years of age.	How long open.