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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1812.

committee for transacting all general and necessary
business of the said seminary, and making temporary
rules for the management thereof; and also by the said
ordinances to delegate to the professors and teachers,
such powers and authorities as they shall think expe-
dient for the standing government and discipline of
the said seminary, and the execution of the regulations
thereof; and also, by the said ordinances, to make
such regulations for the directions, visitation and ex-
aminations of the said seminary, and the students and
scholars therein, as shall best promote the important
objects of the institution; Provided always, That the
said ordinances be not repugnant to the constitution
and the laws of this state.

Their stated and
special meet-
ings. They shall
have power to
appoint a presi-
dent, treasurer,
&c.

6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trus
tees and their successors, or a majority of them, shall
meet at least twice in every year, in stated semi
annual meetings, to be appointed by their own or din an
ces, and at such other times as by their said ordinan-
ces, or by their own adjournments they may direct,
and when so assembled, they shall have power from
time to time to appoint a president, treasurer and
secretary; to make contracts with the professors or
teachers, relative to the instruction of the scholars to
be placed under their care, and for the payment of
their salaries; to examine the progress of the stu-
dents and scholars in their learning; to hear and de-
termine on all complaints and appeals, and upon all
matters touching the discipline and government of
the said academy, and the execution of their ordinan-
ces; and generally to manage the estate and concern
ef the said seminary in such manner as they shall
deem best for the advancement and advantage of the
institution.

CHAPTER 160.

Passed Jan. 4,
1812.

A further Supplement to an act entitled, An act
relating to the public roads in the several coun-
ties therein mentioned.

Overseers of
public roads in
Caroline county
authorised to
collect fines
from persons ne-
glecting to re-
pair roads—

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be the duty of the several
overseers of the public roads in Caroline county, from
and after the first Monday in May next, to collect
from all persons neglecting to work on the public
roads in said county, the fines imposed by the act to
which this is a further supplement, for such neglect