1834.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP 212

in their hands, or to pay over what may remain unexpended
in their hands, the said justice may sue for and recover by
action of debt in the name of the State, in the County Court
or before any justice of the peace and for the use of the dis-
tirct for which such commissioners were appointed, against
such delinquent commissioners, any balance of said funds
which may remain in their hands unexpended, in which ac-
tion the same proceedings may be had as in actions for
the recovery of small debts before a single justice of the
peace or the County Court, as the case may be

Ascertain what has

been paid

Sec 3 And be it further enacted, that at the next
June session of the Orphans' Court of Caroline county, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, it shall be the duty of the
justices, of said court, to ascertain and determine what
amount of the said Free School Fund, for Caroline county,
which was received in any year preceeding the year eighteen
hundred and thirty four, remains unappropriated and unin-
vested, and also in what proportions the same is due to the
several districts of said county, under the distribution of
said fund, as directed by the eighth section of the act of
eighteen hundred and twenty one, chapter one hundred and

Place the funds

thirty nine, and if the said fund remains in their hands, the
said justices are hereby authorised and drrecled to place the
amount due to the several drstncts, subject to the order of
their respective commissioneis under this act, and if the
said fund is not under the immediate control of the said
justices, but has been lent to or placed in the hands of any
one of the justices or of any other person, the said justices

Call in

are hereby authorised and required to call in the same im
mediately, and place rt to the credit of the said commission-
ers as above directed and rf necessary for that purpose, to

Sue for

sue for and recover the same with interest as herernafter al.
lowed, in the name of the State, by action of debt, in Caro-
line County Court, and if said fund or any part of it has been
retained by any judge of said court, when any proportion of it
was actually wanted by any of said districts to which it was

due, such judge shall pay interest thereupon, from the time
when he was apprised that it was so wanted, and neglect-
ed or refused to pay it over

Ascertain claims

Sec 4 And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the several hoards of district commissioners ap
pointed under this act, at their first meeting after their ap-
pointment, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, td
ascertain and determine the amount of unsettled claims, if
any such exist upon the said Free School Fund at any time
before their appointment and which afe properly charged