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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

President tc
be appointed.

Sec. 3. There shall be a President of each Board
of School Commissioners who shall be appointed
from their number by the Board of Education.
He shall have the general superintendence of all
the schools of the county and of school houses and
district libraries, and he shall perform such other
duties as the Board of Education may from time to
time direct; and the Board so constituted shall

Time of or-
ganization.

assemble on the second Tuesday of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-five, for the purpose of organi-
zation ; they shall appoint a Secretary who shall
also be Treasurer of the Board, and shall receive
such compensation as the Board may direct.

Treasurer to
give bond, &c.

Sec. 4. The Treasurer of each Board shall give
bond to the State of Maryland, with at least two
securities, to be approved by the Board — School
Commissioners in the penal sum of ten thousand
dollars, with condition that he will faithfully per-
form 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 manner 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 required by the School Commissioners to such
person as they shall appoint to receive the same.

To divide
county into
districts.

Sec. 5. In all cases where a county has not been
properly divided into school districts and full re-
cord of the boundaries thereof have not been made
and recorded, the Board of School Commissioners,
shall appoint a committee consisting of two per-
sons of intelligence and sound judgment, members
of their own body or otherwise, who shall divide
the county into suitable school districts, and define

Proviao.

and describe the boundaries of each; provided, that
no school districts shall contain a greater area
than four miles square, unless a part of it be located
in a mountainous or unpopulated region ; in the

How to be
divided.

formation of the school districts, the' Committee
shall take into consideration the most suitable
site for the school house, the general features of
the country, such as streams or other waters,
mountains, roads, railroads, villages, towns, cities
and especially the population, and shall make each