JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 1833

CHAPTER 251.	CHAP. 251.
An act entitled, a supplement to an act to provide f or the pub- lic instruction of youth, in primary schools throughout this state.	Fused Afar. 15,1894
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all the powers vested by the original law to which this is a supplement, in the levy court of. Talbot county, be and the same are hereby extended to the com- missioners for said county.	Powers vested in Commissioners
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That in case the taxable in- habitants of any school district in Talbot county, shall neglect or refuse to assemble together, when notified to do so, to levy a tax on the taxable property of such district, or to raise a sufficient sum therefor in some other way, for the purpose of building a school house, and for purchasing fuel, books and stationary therefor, or shall neglect or refuse	Case of neglect of district
to elect a district clerk, the commissioners fcr the county shall proceed to levy upon the taxable property in said dis- trict, a tax sufficient to purchase a site, build a school house thereon, and to purchase the necessary books, sta- tionary and fuel for the same, and shall also appoint a dis- trict clerk and three trustees to manage the concerns of such school district.	Commissions shaff proceed
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That until there shall be a sufficient sum appropriated by the legislature of the state to carry into operation the general system of instruction in primary schools throughout this state, the commissioners for Talbot county shall raise the deficiency for said county, by a tax on the inhabitants of said county, in manner and form following, viz. on each individual having one child or more, between the age of six and fourteen years, and an annual income, either from the product of his or her own labor, or from any other source, of one hundred dollars, they shall levy a tax of two dollars per annum; on each in- dividual having one child or more, between the age of six and fourteen years, and an annual income, either from the product of his or her own labor, or from any other source, of one hundred and fifty dollars, they shall levy a tax of three dollars per annum; whatever amount shall then remain or be wanting, to pay off the teachers in the several school districts in the county, after having first ascertained the amount which will be received by Talbot county from the Treasurer of the Wester shore, for the support of pri-	Method of taxing