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shall appoint a secretary, who shall also be treasurer of the
board, and shall receive such compensation as. the board may
direct.

25. The treasurer of each board shall give bond to the State of
Maryland, with at least two securities, to be approved by the
board of school commissioners in the penal sum of ten thousand
dollars, with condition that he will faithfully perform the duties
of treasurer, pay over and apply all moneys that shall come to
his hand or care as treasurer, to such persons and in such man-
ner as the school commissioners may direct, and that he will
keep a full account of all money received and paid by him, and
of all matters relating to the duties of his office and preserve
the same, and all vouchers relating thereto, and deliver up all
books and vouchers relating to his office whenever they are re-
quired by the school commissioners, to such person as they shall
appoint to receive the same.

26. In all cases where a county has not been properly divided
into school districts and full record of the boundaries thereof
has not been made and recorded, the board of school commis-
sioners shall appoint a committee consisting of two persons of
intelligence and sound judgment, members of their own body
or otherwise, who shall divide the county into suitable school
districts, and define and describe the boundaries of each; pro-
vided, that no school district shall contain a greater area than
four miles square, unless a part of it be located in a mountain-
ous or unpopulated region; in the formation of the school dis-
tricts, the committee shall take into consideration the most suit-
able site for the school house, the general features of the country,
such as streams or other waters, mountains, roads, railroads, vil-
lages, towns, cities and especially the population, and shall make-
each school district of such size and form as will best accommo-
date the population within its bounds; the committee shall make
a full and clear description of the boundaries of the school dis-
tricts, accompanied by a plat, and shall report the same to the
school commissioners, who shall thereupon give notice in all the
newspapers of the county at what time they will meet to hear
application for a change of boundaries, which application shall