RESOLUTIONS.

No. 52.

1837.

Resolution in favor of Milton Hill Academy,in Charles
county.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the orphan's court of Charles county be, and they are
hereby authorised and required to draw upon the
Treasurer of the Western Shore for, and pay over an-
nually to the trustees of the Milton Hill Academy, the
sum of one hundred dollars; provided, said trustees
shall satisfy the said orphan's court, before each and
every annual payment, that at least twelve poor child-
ren of said county were regularly instructed in the
elements of English education at the school of the
said trustees during the preceding year, free of charge.
Resolved, That the said Treasurer be, and he is
hereby required to pay said drafts, when presented,
out of that portion of the avails of the free school
fund heretofore directed to be invested annually for
the benefit of Charles county.

No. 53.

Passed Mar. 21,

1838.

Resolution relative to the distribution of the School
Fund in Harford county.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the orphan's court of Harford county be, and they are
hereby authorised and required to appoint, before the
first day of July next, five persons in each election
district in said county, for the purpose of meeting to-
gether and distributing the school moneys that may
become distributable in said county in the month afore-
said; and that for the special purpose aforesaid, and
until the first Monday in August next, the persons so
appointed, shall have and exercise the powers and per-
form the duties prescribed for district school commis-
sioners by the act passed at this present session of
the Legislature, entitled an act for the distribution of
school moneys, and the encouragement of schools and
teachers in Harford county.

Passed Mar. 27,
1838.