WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1838.

authorised and. required on or about the first day of
January, eighteen hundred forty-one, and annually
thereafter, to draft in favor of the trustees of said dis-
trict schools, upon the Farmers' Bank of Maryland,
or the collector of the county levy of said county, for
the sum of two hundred dollars, to be by said trustees
applied to the payment of the salary of the teacher, so
employed in said district school.

CHAP. 191.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the trustees of the several district schools aforesaid,
to report annually in the month of December, to the
Orphans' court of said county, the number of children
taught in said schools, and the manner in which the
money received by said trustees, for the support
of said schools may have been expended, and it shall

Annual report re-

quired of school

districts.

be the duty of the register of said court, to record said
reports in a book to be kept by him for that purpose,
and to keep an account of all drafts given by said court
to the trustees of any of said district schools, the same
to be open to the inspection of all persons, free of
charge.

Recorded.

Books opened.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That so much of the
school funds of said county as may not be annually
required to carry into effect the provisions of this act,
shall be by the Orphans' Court aforesaid, left on de-
posite in the Farmers' Bank of Maryland.

Surplus funds de-

posited.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That in case of any va-
cancy in any school district by refusal to act, or other-
wise, the. remaining trustees or trustee, as the case may
be, shall be authorised to supply the same.

Vacancies.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are
hereby repealed.

Acts inconsistent

herewith repealed.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That the trustees, or a
majority of them, of the district schools in any elec-
tion district in said county, may before they proceed

to erect any of said school houses, so to alter, change

or amend the limits of said school districts, as they
or a majority of them may believe in their judgment
will comport with the interest and convenience of the
residents of the same; Provided, that the limits thereof
shall not be less than five miles square, and further to

Change of district

lines.

lay off in any such election district, an additional
school district, should the public convenience require

Additional districts.