GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831.

missioners, and be drawn therefrom, only by checks signed

CHAP. 258.

by the president of said commissioners, and countersigned
by their secretary, and which checks shall be made payable

Checks therefor.

to the order of a person therein named, and expressly for

value received from him or her.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the school commission-

Pay for teaching

ers aforesaid, may at any school established within the limits

non-residents.

of said district, receive therein pay scholars, non-residents

of said district, and add the money received therefrom, to

the general school funds of said district.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the school commission-

Visitors and in

ers aforesaid, shall appoint for each of said schools, estab-

specters.

lished in said district five persons annually, or oftener, to be

regular visitors and inspectors of the school, placed under

their care, and near to which they shall reside; and the said

visitors, shall visit and inspect the school so confided to

Their duties.

their care, at such times and in such manner, as shall be

directed and approved by the said commissioners, to whom

they shall make stated reports in writing, on the condition

of such school.

Sec. 9 And be it enacted, That the school commission-

Purchase books.

ers aforesaid may appropriate any surplus school funds by

them, at any time possessed, to purchase such books as they

may think useful, to form a juvenile library, at each of said

schools; and also to form a central library in said district, the

first to be open to the scholars, and the latter to be

free to the inhabitants of the district; under such rules

and regulations as the said school commissioners may from

time to time, establish for their use and preservation.

Sec 10. And be it enacted, That the said school commis-

Census of children

sioners shall cause a census of the children, between five

and eighteen years of age, to be taken within said district,

when any general assessment shall be made by their order;

and from time to time thereafter, by their collector, and also

to cause a plat of said district to be made, so as to enable

them to locate the school houses therein, with a just refer-

ence to territory and the abodes of the juvenile population
thereon.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the school commission-

Appoint secretar

ers aforesaid, may allow their secretary such compensation

as they shall deem reasonable for his services; and they

shall have as full power and authority to institute and pro-

secute to judgment and execution, any suit or suits, in any

court of law or equity, in the name and style of the com-

May issue and reco-

missioners of Public Free Schools, of the first election dis-

ver.

trict of Baltimore county, as if they were a body corporate
and politic, and entitled as such, to sue in said name.