1834

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

HAP 263

trict as a resident taxable inhabitant, Provided that in case
of personal property it shall not have been removed into
any such school distrrct within one month next preceding
such election and provided, that nothing in this section con
tamed shall exclude any qualified voter from the exercise of
his suffrage, who shall, at any period, bona fide remove into
any school district

Sec 10 And be it enacted, That the trustees of the se
veral school districts shall keep accurate accounts of their
proceedings, and report the same to the taxable inhabitants
of said school district at then stated annual meeting or at
any other meeting called for that purpose and shall keep
true and perfect accounts against the collector of every such
school district, of the sums authorised an levied, to be
collected by them, and of all suras paid into their hands,
and shall give them credit for all sums properly paid by
them, for commissions allowed to such collectors, and for
all sums as remain uncollected after due diligence

Tax on first organ-

zing schools dis-

trict

Sec 11 And be it enacted, That wherever school districts
have not been located as directed by the act of eighteen
hundred and twenty five, ch pter one hundred and sixty
two, and the act of eighteen hundred and thirty three,
chapter one hundred and thirteen, and no tax has been laid
of collected, or wherever such location has been made and
no tax laid or collected, there shall not be collected lor the
purposes of purchasing a s te and school house, and erect
ing such school house and furnishing books, fuel station ry,
and furniture, the first year, more than three hundred dollars,
and the tax of one hundred and fifty dollars, provided by
this act for repairing school houses and so forth, shall not
be levied nor collected the same year that the above tax,
for the purchase of a site, school house, or erecting the
same, and so forth, and that in any district where the col-

Taxes partially col-

lected

lection of taxes has been only partially made, they may be
be completed by the old or new trustees or collectors, with
all the authority and means provided by this or any other
act,

Informalities an

nounce not to viol-

ate

Sec 12. And be it enacted, That the proceedings of
any meeting, to be called by the commissioners and inspec
tors, or by the trustees or taxable inhabitants shall not be
set aside or deemed illegal, for want of notice, as required
by the acts now in force, signed by the commissioners or
inspectors, or trustees or taxable inhabitants, or for want of
regular and formal adjournment in the proceedings of the
primary or other meetings of the taxable inhabitants, com
missioners and inspectors, or trustees, Provided, notice shall