of the public schools demand a change of site or sites
already built upon, or a new school-house to he
built. '
SEC. 2. The Board of County School Commission-
ers may receive donations of such sites or locations
for school-houses or of houses already built, adapted
to school purposes or suitably located, or may pur-
chase the same; hut in no case shall any site be built
upon, or any house he occupied, until a good and
sufficient title shall have been obtained for the same,
in the corporate name of the Board of County School
Commissioners.
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 Commissioners
shall, from any cause, be unable to contract with the
owner thereof, the Board of County School Commis-
sioners may apply for a writ of ad quod dumum 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 de-
scribing the land and stating the amount of damages
to be paid to the owner, and the Judge of the Circuit
Court for the county may at any time after the return
of the 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 or quash
the same; and if he quashes the inquisition ho shall
order a new one forthwith to be taken, but no lot so
taken or enlarged shall exceed, in the whole, one
acre, including the land occupied by the school
building.
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 for.
SEC. 5. Every school-house shall be built and fur-
nished according to plans and drawing issued from
the office of the County School Commissioners.
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Receive
donations of
bites
Unable to
contract for
land required
To make in-
quisition
The costs,
how paid.
How built
and furnish'd
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