FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 350.

AN ACT to authorize the Cambridge Female Seminary

incorporated by the act of the General Assembly of

Maryland of 1858, chapter 201 ; the Cambridge Academy

incorporated by the act of 1812, chapter 123, and the

Board of County School Commissioners .of Dorchester

County, to enter into an arrangement in reference to

academic and school education in the town of Can bridge.

SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the trustees of the Cambridge Female

Joint use
of schools

Seminary ; the trustees of the Cambridge Academy, and the

in

Board of County School Commissioners of Dorchester

Cambridge.

County; be and they are hereby, authorized to enter into

such a contract and arrangement, by lease or otherwise, for

the appropriation to their joint use, of the grounds, build-

ings and property, belonging to the said Cambridge Female

Seminary, and for the use for school purposes, of the

grounds, buildings and property belonging to the said

Cambridge Academy, as the said respective parties shall

respectively deem most conducive to the best interests of the

schools under their respective charge ; provided however

that no use shall be made of any of said grounds, buildings

or property, except for school purposes.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of

the said Cambridge Female Seminary, the trustees of the

Selection

said Cambridge Academy, and the said Board of County

of teacher.

School Commissioners of Dorchester County, may unite in

the selection of one or more of the teachers to teach in the

said seminary, academy, and in the schools under the

charge of the said Board of County School Commissioners

of Dorchester County, and arrange for the payment of their

salaries, and may arrange that one or more of said teachers

shall teach in said seminary, said academy, and in the

schools under the charge of said Board of County School

Commissioners of Dorchester County.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any contract or

contracts heretofore entered into between the trustees of

the said Cambridge Female Seminary, the said Cambridge

Contract
ratified.

Academy, and the said Board of County School Commis-
sioners of Dorchester County, or between any two of the

said bodies, within the scope of the powers embraced within

the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, be,

and the same are ratified and confirmed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the subscription

by the said Board of County School Commissioners of Dor-