1840.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 162.

Trustees to fix
tuition money.

If parent of any
child be unable
to pay.

SEC. 3 And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for said trustees to regulate and fix the tuition money for the
admission of pupils at said school, having due regard to the
ability of the parents or guardians of the children who may
apply for admission to said school, to pay the same; and that
they be authorised and required, when the parent or guardian
is unable to pay any thing for the education of his child or
children, to admit such child or children into said school, free
from charge; and that they be also required to admit in like
manner to said school, all children who have no means of edu-
cating themselves, and who are without parents or guardians.

Children may
be admitted who
live out of said
school district.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said trustees are au-
thorised to receive into said school any child or children
who may not live in said district, upon such terms as they
may prescribe; provided, that in the opinion of said trus-
tees and teacher, the interest of the pupils within the dis-
trict, will not be prejudiced.

Rights secured.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of said
school district shall have and enjoy all such benefits and pri-
vileges as are afforded to the inhabitants of other primary
school districts, except so far as the same may be inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this act.

This act to be
void if not ac-
cepted.

To fix upon a
site for house.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall be null and
void, unless it is accepted and approved of at a general
meeting of the taxable inhabitants of the said district, on
or before the first day of April next, of the time and place
of which meeting, two weeks notice shall be given in the
nearest newspaper, and also set up at two or more public
places within said district, and the site for the school house
within sard district; shall be fixed upon by a majority of
the inhabitants at said general meeting.

Repealed.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all acts of Assembly, or
parts of acts, which are inconsistent with this act, be and
the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 162.

Passed Feb. 27,
1841.

An act, entitled an act to consolidate the Free School Fund,
the State's Donation, and the Surplus Revenue Fund, so
far as relates to District School, number three, in the upper
district of Caroline County, and for other purposes.

Orphans court
to pay trustees
school No. 3,
their portion.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That from and after the passage of this act, the or-
phans' court of Caroline county be, and they or any one of