| 1807.
CHAP. 134.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
convenient, professors, teachers and assistants, for instructing the
students and scholars of the said McDonough Charity Schools in
the English language, and such sciences and branches of education
as they shall think proper and suitable to be taught therein, and to
make fundamental ordinances and regulations for the good government
of the said schools, and the instruction of the youth as aforesaid,
and by these ordinances to appoint such a number of their own
body, less than seven, as they may think proper, to be a quorum
or committee for transacting all necessary and general business of
the said schools, and making temporary rules for the management
thereof, and also, by the said ordinances, to delegate to the professors
and teachers such powers and authorities as they shall think
expedient for the standing government and discipline of the said
schools, and the execution of the regulations of the same, and also
by the said ordinances to make such regulations for the direction,
visitation and examination, of the said schools, and the students
and scholars therein, as shall best promote the important objects of
the institution; Provided always, that the said ordinances be not
repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state. |
Trustees to meet
at least four times
in every year—
their powers. |
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees,
and their
successors, or a majority of them, shall meet at least four times in
every year, in stated quarterly meetings, to be appointed by their
own ordinances, and at such other times as by their said ordinances,
or by their own adjournments, they may direct, and when so
assembled, they shall have power, from time to time, to appoint a
president, treasurer and secretary; to make contracts with the professors
or teachers relative to the instruction of the scholars to be
placed under their care, and for the payment of their salaries; to
examine the progress of the students and scholars in their learning;
to hear and determine on all complaints and appeals, and upon all
matters touching the discipline and government of the said schools,
and the wholesome execution of their ordinances; and generally to
manage the estate and concerns of the said schools in like manner
as is usually done for the advancement and advantage of similar
institutions. |
Before any trustee
proceeds to
execute the trusts
delegated to him,
he shall take an
oath. |
13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any trustee
herein before
appointed, or hereafter to be elected, shall proceed to execute the
trusts and authorities delegated by this act, he shall qualify himself
before some magistrate, by taking an oath or affirmation, as
the case may be, that he will well, truly and faithfully, execute and
perform the duties of a trustee of the said schools, without partiality
or prejudice, according to the best of his skill and judgment,
and agreeably to the directions of this act; and a certificate of
such qualification shall be delivered by the magistrate, and filed
among their proceedings. |
Report of their
proceedings to be
made annually to
orphans court. |
14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees,
and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall, on the first Monday of January
in each and every year, report their proceedings, and the state
of the schools, to the orphans court of Charles county, for their
inspection and examination; and this act of incorporation,
and every part thereof, and the proceedings of the trustees in execution
thereof, shall have effect in law according to the true intent and
meaning of the same respectively, and shall be construed, reputed
and adjudged, in all cases, most favourably on the behalf and for |
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