1837.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 353.

clerk of Montgomery county, and liable to be sued by
the levy court for any breach of the condition thereof.

And annual re-
port.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every commissioner
shall, on or before the first Monday in June, in every
year, report, in writing, to the treasurer of the school
fund aforesaid, with an oath or affirmation of the truth
thereof annexed, a statement of the number, names and
ages of the children educated under his charge, the
name of the teacher, length of time, and the brandies
of education, and the sums of money paid to every
teacher for every child; and the treasurer of the,
school fund shall annually report to the General As-
sembly the number of children taught, their sexes, and
the amount of money paid therefor.

Meetings autho-
rised.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
ascertaining what mode or system of education the
several districts of said county may prefer, it shall be
lawful for the school commissioners to call a meeting
of the voters in their several districts, giving at least
six weeks public notice, and to take the ballots of the
qualified voters of said district, in the usual manner;

Elections.

and the said school commissioners shall be judges of
said election, and take an oath or affirmation truly to
ascertain the same; and on the said ballots shall be
printed or written "common schools" or ''primary
schools;" and if the majority of said votes be in favor
of the common schools, the same shall be continued,
or if the majority be in favor of primary schools, they
they shall be adopted in the respective districts so
choosing them.

Repealing
clause.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all such parts of
the act passed the thirty-first March, eighteen hundred
and thirty-six, entitled, a supplement to an act, enti-
tled, an act to provide for the public instruction of
youth in primary schools throughout this State, passed
December session eighteen hundred and twenty-five,
chapter one hundred and sixty-two, so far as relates
to Montgomery county, inconsistent with this act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed.