1844.

THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 311.

to condemn any land on which to erect said school house
for the public use, and to value the same, the owner or
owners of which, shall be paid therefor, according to said
valuation in the manner provided for by the act to which,
this is a supplement.

Employ teach-
er.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That as soon as said school
house is erected and completed, the said trustees shall
have power to employ a teacher therefor, and to pay him
in the same manner as other teachers of the free schools
in Prince George's county are paid, and the levy court of
Prince George's county is hereby directed annually here-
after to levy and assess upon the taxable property of said
county, subject to the order of said trustees, such sum of
money as may be necessary to pay the annual salary of
said teacher, to be collected and paid as other teachers
are paid.

Deemed a free
school.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said school house
hereinbefore mentioned and directed to be constructed, be
deemed and considered as a free school, and it is hereby
placed on the same footing, entitled to the same privileges
and subject to the same regulations that other free schools

Survey and
lay out.

in the said county are subject and entitled to.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the surveyor of the
county is hereby directed to give his services, if requir-
ed, to survey and lay out the lot of ground which may be
deemed necessary for the erection of the school house
hereinbefore directed to be built, and the levy court is
hereby authorised to allow the said surveyor such com-
pensation for his services as they may deem adequate.

CHAPTER 311.

Passed March

10, 1845.

An act relating to the Clerks of the County Courts and
Registers of Wills in this State.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it has been represented to this General As-
sembly, that many of the clerks of county courts and re-
gisters of wills lately appointed, upon taking possession of
their officers, have found much of the business of their
offices in an unfinished state, which it was the duty of
their predecessors to have completed; AND WHEREAS, it
has been doubted whether said newly appointed officers
are legally authorised to complete such unfinished busi-
ness, or whether the retiring officers have authority to
complete the same—Therefore,