1861. INDEX.

CHAP.

SEC.

SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS— See

Banks.

SOMERSET COUNTY— The interest arising from

any school funds apportioned by the

State to, or any such funds as may

belong to said county, to be paid di-

rectly to the treasurer of the board

of school commissioners, and the

balance necessary for the support of

public education, beyond any fees

for tuition, &c., to be levied and

collected by taxation upon the as-

sessable property of said county, in

the same manner that other taxes

are levied and collected, which sums,

when so collected, to be paid over to

the said treasurer,

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There shall not be levied or collected,

in any one year, more than twenty-

four cents in every hundred dollars;

but a special tax may be imposed

upon any school district, if a major-

ity of the tax payers in said school

district shall so petition the County

Commissioners,

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In addition to the constables heretofore

authorized by law, in the election

district in Somerset county wherein

the town of Princess Anne is situ-

ated, one additional constable to be

appointed by the Commissioners of

the County, to hold his office until

the next regular election in this

State; and an additional constable

shall then and thereafter be elected

as other constables are elected,

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Said additional constable to be a resi-

dent of the town of Princess Anne,

and to be his special duty, in addi-

tion to the ordinary duties of a con-

stable, to enforce the laws relating

to free negroes and slaves within the

limits of said town,

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