634
Appoint
committee to
divide.
Proviso.
To make
accurate de-
scription of
districts.
May change
boundaries.
Description
to be record'd
Employ a
surveyor.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
SEC. 6. In all cases where the county has not been
properly divided into school districts, and full re-
cords of the boundaries thereof have not been made
and recorded, the Board of County School Commis-
sioners shall appoint a committee if, in their opinion,
they deem it necessary, consisting of three persons
of intelligence and sound judgment, who shall di-
vide the county into suitable school districts, define
and describe the boundaries of each; provided, that
no school district shall contain a greater area than
four miles square, unless a part of it be located in a
thinly settled region. In the formation of the school
districts, the committee shall take into consideration
the most suitable site for the school-house, the gen-
eral features of the country, and shall make each
school district of such size and form as will best ac-
commodate the population within its bounds. The
committee shall make an accurate description of the
bounds of the school districts, accompanied by a plat,
and shall report the same to the Board of County
School Commissioners, who shall thereupon give no-
tice in all the newspapers of the county at what time
they will meet to hear applications for a change of
boundaries, which applications shall be made in wri-
ting, and. within two months from the date of the first
publication of such notice. When the application
shall have been made and considered, the Board of
County School Commissioners may then change the
boundaries of school districts and revise the descrip-
tion; or they may, without application, make such
change as may he deemed important, or they may
ratify and confirm the report of the committee. The
description of the boundaries of school districts shall
he recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the
Secretary of the Board of County School Commis-
sioners. In those counties where no newspaper is
published, the notice of application for a change of
boundaries shall be published in such a manner as
the Board of County School Commissioners may de-
cide. Whenever it may be necessary the Board of
County School Commissioners shall employ a Sur-
veyor to aid the committee in the performance of
such duty, and they shall allow the Surveyor such
compensation for his services as may be just and
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