THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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fifteen thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the
duties of his office, and the said treasurer shall receive
three per cent on all monies disbursed by him.

CHAP. 206.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the collector for said county to collect the amount of
the assessment for the use of primary schools, and to

Collectors shall
collect.

pay the same over to the treasurer, and the said collec-
tor shall receive for making such collections the same
per centage as may he allowed by law for the collection
of other county charges;

Pay over.

His compensa-
tion.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the levy court of
Dorchester county shall at their first meeting in each
successive year, or as soon thereafter as may be con-
venient, appoint five commissioners in each election
district of said county, whose duty it shall be to su-
perintend the different schools in said election districts,
and to employ teachers for the same; to draw on the
treasurer semi-annually, from the time the respective
schools shall go into operation, the sum of one hundred
and twenty-five dollars the amount which each teacher

Five School
Commission-
ers to each
district.

shall receive, and the first set of commissioners ap-
pointed shall lay off the different school districts in the
several election districts of said county, and the said

Lay off districts.

commissioners shall have power to employ teachers for
the. different schools, and to discharge the same when-
ever they may deem it advantageous so to do, and the

Employ teach-
ers.

said commissioners shall have the entire control and
management of the said schools.

General powers.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
keeping in repair the several school houses in the dif-
ferent districts, and for the payment of other incidental
expenses as the commissioners may deem advisable,
each parent or guardian sending a child or children,
widows and orphans without properly excepted, shall
pay for each child the sum of one dollar per annum,

Payment of $1
per annum re-
quired.

and each school shall have the exclusive benefit of the
amount which it may raise for the purposes aforesaid,
and the parent or guardian as aforesaid shall pay the
sum aforesaid in semi-annual payments of fifty cents

Exclusive bene-
fit.

each, and in case of non payment the commissioners
shall have full power to collect the same by legal pro-
cess.

Case of neglect
to pay.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That each school district
shall provide a school house.

School House.