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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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or any court trying the case, be committed to any reforma-
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tory institution provided by law, and authorized to receive
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the same for such period as the justice of the peace or court
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may determine, not to exceed two years.
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Effective.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall
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take effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 7th, 1892.
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CHAPTER 398.
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AN ACT to create a commission to inquire into the distri-
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bution of the State school tax, and to make a report to-
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the next General Assembly of Maryland.
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WHEREAS, it is complained that there are gross inequali-
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ties in the distribution of State school tax in consequence
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of which a number of counties in the State with a low rate
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of county school tax, are able to have ten months school in
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the year and pay their at a high rate of compensation per
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term, and other counties, with a high rate county school tax,
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are able to have only from five to seven and one -half months
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school in the year, and pay their teachers at a low rate of
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compensation per term ; and
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WHEREAS, the subject is intricate the interest involved
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are important and extensive, and the difficulties in the way
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of adjusting the alleged inequalities are peculiar, both in
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magnitude and character, making it necessary that in deal-
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ing therewith thorough investigation, full knowledge and1
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mature deliberation should be had ; therefore,
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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School
Tax Com-
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Maryland, That the Governor of the State shall immediately
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missioner,
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after the passage of this act appoint five persons, one of
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whom shall be a resident of the Eastern Shore, one of south-
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ern Maryland, one of Baltimore City, and the other two of
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central and western Maryland, respectively, who shall con-
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stitute a commission to be called "The Maryland School
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Tax Commission," said commissioners shall hold office for
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two years from the date of their appointment, and shall
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serve without compensation beyond their actual expenses;
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incurred in attending the meetings of said commission
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making the investigation required of them ; the Governor
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may at any time remove any of the said commissioners for
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neglect of duty or misconduct in office, and appoint others.
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in their place.
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