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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
of primary schools for the said county, which said
commissioners and inspectors, shall hold their offices for one
year, and until others shall be appointed in their places; and in
case any of the said officers so appointed or to be appointed as
aforesaid, shall refuse or serve to die, or remove from the county,
or become incapable of serving, the same shall be supplied
at the next meeting of the levy court. |
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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
4. And be it enacted, That each of
the said officers, so to be
chosen, or appointed as aforesaid, shall, before he enters upon
the execution of his office, and within fifteen days after his election
or appointment as aforesaid, take and subscribe an oath
before some justice of the peace, in the form following; that is
to say, " I __________ __________, do solemnly and sincerely
promise and swear, or affirm, as the case may be, that I will in
all things, to the best of my knowledge and ability, well and
truly execute the trust reposed in me as commissioner or inspector,
as the case may be, of primary schools for the county,
without favor or partiality," and every justice of the peace before
whom such oath shall be taken, and subscribed as aforesaid,
shall, without fee or reward, certify the same in writing
the day and year when the same oath be taken, and subscribe his
name thereto, and then deliver such writing to the person taking
such oath, who shall within eight days thereafter, transmit,
or deliver the same to the clerk of the county for which such
officer so taking such oath, was elected or appointed and if
any such officer, so chosen or appointed, as aforesaid, shall not
take and subscribe such oath as aforesaid, and transmit or deliver
the same as aforesaid, such neglect shall be deemed a refusal to serve
in
such office; and if any person so chosen or appointed to such
office as aforesaid, shall refuse to serve in such office, or shall
serve therein before he shall have taken and subscribed such
oath as aforesaid, then, and in every such case, such person shall
forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered with
costs of suit, before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction
thereof, by action of debt, the one moiety thereof to the use of
the primary schools of the county for which such officer was
chosen or appointed as aforesaid, and the other moiety thereof,
with costs of suit, to the use of any person who shall prosecute
for the same to effect. |
Oath of said
officer—certificate.
Penalty for
serving without. |
5. And be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the commissioners
of primary schools, or the major part of them, to
divide their respective counties into a suitable and convenient
number of school districts, and to alter and regulate the same
as hereafter provided, and it shall be the further duty of the
commissioners of the primary schools aforesaid, immediately
after the formation or alteration of any such school district in
their respective counties, to describe and number the same, and
to deliver the description and number thereof in writing, to the
clerk of the county, who is hereby required to receive and record
the same in the county records, without fee or reward. |
Commissioners
to lay off
school districts—
record. |
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