A. W. BRADFORD ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 83

CHAPTER 67.
AN ACT to add sections one hundred and eigh- teen, one hundred and nineteen, one hundred and twenty, one hundred and twenty-one and one hundred and twenty-two to Article eighteen of the Public Local Laws for St. Mary's county, authorizing Trustees of school districts to pro- cure sites for school houses by gift, devise, pur- chase or condemnation.	Passed Feb. 11, 1864.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the following sections, under the head of "School," be added to Article eigh- teen of the Code of Public Local Laws for St. Ma- ry's county, to authorize the Trustees of school dis- tricts to procure sites for school houses by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation :	Sections added
118. The Trustees of any school district may procure by gift, purchase or devise, a site, not ex- ceeding five acres of land, for the erection of a school house within their respective districts, a due regard being had to centrality of location and other conveniences necessary to a public school.	Sites for Schools.
119. If the Trustees of any school district shall not be able to procure by gift, purchase or devise, a suitable site for a school house, they may con- demn a site not exceeding one acre, having due regard to the rights and interests of the owner or owners of land sought to be condemned, and con- fining such condemnation in all cases, unless im-. practicable, to the outer borders of the tract or parcel of land from which said condemed site shall be selected.	Trustees may condemn.
120. In all cases in which it shall be necessary to condemn a site, the Trustees shall cause to be served on the owner of the land to be condemed a notice in writing, signed by at least a majority of a full Board, of the place and time of viewing and condemning such site, and they shall assess the value and damages; and such condemnation and assessed value and damages shall be approved and certified to by a majority of a full Board; and the	Notice to be served.