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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 251	mary or free schools, and levied the tax as above, shall be raised by a tax on the taxable property in the county, as other charges are levied and raised.
Teachers contract	Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all contracts made by the trugtees of the several school districts, for the employ- ment of teachers, shall be ratified and confirmed by the commissioners for the county, before such contract shall be obligatory, or the teacher be allowed to receive any por- tion of the salary or compensation allowed him for his ser- vices.
Disposition of fund	Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the amount to be levied on the inhabitants of Talbot county, under the provisions of this law, shall be placed by the clerk of the commission- ers for the county, to the credit of the primary schools tor Talbot county, in the branch of the Farmers' Bank of Ma- ryland at Easton, and in conjunction with whatever sum or sums of money may be received from the Treasurer of the Western Shore, for the support of primary schools in said county, shall constitute a general fund for the payment of teachers in the primary schools in said county.
Tax collected and paid	Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the tax to be levied on the inhabitants of Talbot county under the provisions of this law, shall be collected by the collector of the county lax as other county taxes are collected, and at the same commission; and when collected shall be paid over to the commissioners of Talbot county, to be by them deposited in the branch of the Farmers' Bank of Maryland at Easton, for the use of the primary schools for Talbot county.
School levy list	Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the district clerk in each school district in Talbot county, to ascertain annually the number and names of the inhabi- tants of his district, having one child or more, between six and fourteen years of age, and having in his judgment an income, either from the product of his or her own labor, or from any other source, of one hundred or one hundred and fifty dollars, as the case may be, and on or before the first day of June in each year, to return to the commissioners for the county a list thereof, giving the names and the sup- posed amount of their respective incomes, from which ar- bitrament of the district clerk, each individual believing
Appeal	him or herself aggrieved thereby, shall have the right of appeal to the commissioners for the county aforesaid, at any time within twenty days after such return is made.
Compensation to district clerks	Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the commissioners for the county be and they are hereby allowed to make any