100 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 21.

SCHOOLS.

The Act of 1862, ch. 277, repeals sections 256, 257, 262, 273, 278 and substitutes the
following:

SEC. 1. A tax which, in addition to the school fond of Wash-
ington county, derived from other sources, may be necessary and
sufficient to sustain the public schools thereof nine months in
each year, shall be levied annually by the county commissioners
on the assessable property of said county, to be collected as other
taxes are, and paid over to the board of school commissioners at
their order.

2. The legal voters of each school district shall assemble an-
nually at the school house of the district, on such day as the
school commissioners shall direct, and elect from the inhabitants
thereof three discreet persons, who shall constitute a board of
trustees for said school, and shall serve for one year from the
date of their election, and until their successors are elected, pro-
vided at least fifteen days previous notice in writing, shall be set
up in at least three of the most public places in said district,
specifying the time and place of such election.

3. They shall admit no child into any of their schools under
the age of five years or over the age of seventeen years, unless
the usual subscription fee for the desired instruction shall be
paid them in advance per quarter, for each quarter; and for such
fees, they shall account to the board of school commissioners, to
be applied as a part of the school fund.

4. They shall require all parents or guardians of the children
attending the schools, between the age of five and seventeen
years, to pay the sum of one dollar for each child in advance
per quarter, for each quarter such child may attend the same,
and account to the board of school commissioners therefor, to be
applied as a part, of the school fund; provided, that whenever in
their judgment the parents or guardians are unable to pay, their
children shall be admitted free of charge.