A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 317

CHAPTER 275.
AN ACT to repeal sections eighty, eighty-two, eighty-five, ninety-three and ninety-five of the Code of Public Local Laws, of Article fifteen, relating to Schools in Montgomery County, and to substitute therefor the following sections and add thereto an additional section.	Passed March 10, 1862.
80. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Montgomery county, shall, on the first Thursday after the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and every two years thereafter, ap- point one discreet, intelligent citizen of each Elec- tion District of said county, who shall take charge of the Public Schools as herein provided ; the said County Commissioners shall give notice of at least two weeks, in all the newspapers of the county, of said appointment, the said Commissioners of the county, to fill all the vacancies that may occur in the said Board of School Commissioners, whenever the same may take place, at their first meeting after such vacancies may occur, and such Commis- sioners of Public Schools, before he shall proceed to act as such, shall take an oath or affirmation to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office, and to support the Constitution and Laws of this State, the oath to be administered by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county.	Appointment of School Com- missioners re- quired.
82. And be it further enacted, That the Com- missioners of Public Schools appointed as herein provided for, shall assemble on the first Monday of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the purpose of organizing, at which meeting or at some subse- quent meeting held by special adjournment, they shall proceed to the election of a President, who shall be chosen by a majority of the whole Board, and who shall hold his office for the term of two years, or until his successor shall be elected ; if the office of the President shall become vacant, either by death; resignation, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Board to fill the same at the earliest practicable day, by a new, election ; and it shall	Organization of the Board of School Com- missioners, &c.