A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

school district of such size and form as will best
accommodate the population within its bounds ;
the committee shall make a full and clear descrip-
tion of the 'boundaries of the school districts, ac-
companied by a plat, and shall report the same to
the School Commissioners, who shall thereupongive
notice in all the newspapers of the county at what

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time they will meet to hear application for a change
of boundaries, which application shall be made in
writing and within two months from the date of
the first publication of such notice ; when the ap-
plications shall have been made and considered,
the Board of School Commissioners may then
change the boundaries of the school districts, and
revise the description, or they may, without ap-
plication, make such change as may be deemed
important, or they may ratify and confirm the
report of the committee without alteration ; the

Applications
to change
boundaries.

description of the boundaries of the school districts
shall be recorded in the Journal of the School
Commissioners, or in a book kept for that purpose
in their office ; in those counties where no news-

To be recorded

paper is published, the notice of application for
change of boundaries shall be published in the
newspapers of the adjoining county ; whenever it

To be publish-
ed.

may be necessary, the Board of School Commis-
sioners shall employ a Surveyor to aid the com-
mittee in dividing the county ; and they shall
allow each member of the commttee and the Sur-

To employ a
Surveyor.

veyor such compensation for his services as may be
just and proper; they shall report the entire cost
of dividing the county and the publication of the
notices aforesaid to the County Commissioners,
who shall levy the amount as other county ex-
penses are levied, and shall pay the same to the
Treasurer of the Board of School Commissioners,

Expense — how
paid.

by whom it shall be paid to the parties to whom
it may be due ; if a county has already been di-
vided into school districts, which it may be neces-
sary to revise, the Board of School Commissioners
shall have full power to make such revisions or
alterations as may be necessary to accommodate
the population, and increase the efficiency of the
schools ; a full description of such changes and

Distritcs may
be altered.

alterations shall also be made and recorded as
aforesaid ; the school districts shall be numbered
in such manner as the State Superintendent may

Districts to
be numbered.

direct; the mode of dividing the city of Balti-

Baltimore city