1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

thereof to be made, by the clerk of their several school

CHAP. 278.

districts respectively to the commissioners for the

county, whose duty it shall be to pay to the said trus-

tees or their order, out of the school fund of said coun-

ty, the sum so required, to be by said trustees applied

to the purposes herein mentioned, aud the said trustees

shall account annually to the commissioners for the

county, for the faithful application of the funds so paid

over to them.

Mode of altering

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That in lieu of nine com-

missioners of primary schools, in Talbot county, it

shall be the duty of the commissioners of said county,

and they are hereby required, if application to them

shall hereafter be made by a majority of the taxable

inhabitants of any school district in said county, for

any alteration in the lines of such district, setting forth

that such change would be for the better arrangement

of such district, aud conducive to the convenience of

the people; to appoint five discreet and disinterested

persons, residents of the election district, within

whose limits such school district may lie, whose duty

it shall be after a full hearing of the matter, if they

shall hel ieve that such change is required for the reasons

so set forth, to make such alteration, and make return

thereof to the commissioners for the county, to be by

them recorded.

Repeal

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all the provisions of

an act, passed at December session, eighteen hundred

and twenty-five, chapter one hundred and sixty-two,

that are inconsistent with or repugnant to the provis-

ions of this act, and the provisions of the act to which

this is a supplement, be and the same are hereby re-

pealed so far as the same relates to Talbot county.

Publication of act

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty

of the commissioners for Talbot county, and they are

hereby required to cause this act to be published in

each of the papers published in the town of Easton,

in Talbot county, for at least four weeks previous to

the first of June next.