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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and sensible men, residents of primary school districts
number three and six of the third election district of
said county, whose duty it shall be to lay off and divide
said school district be as to create a new school district
to be located between said districts number three and
six, if they should deem the same necessary for the
convenience and accommodation of the residents of
said school districts.

To report
proceedings.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the persons ap-
pointed by virtue of the preceding section, shall report
to the orphans court their proceedings under said ap-
pointment or commission, selling forth the lines which
they may agree upon as the limits of the new school
district, which they may lay off and create, and also
the lines of the old school districts as they may be
effected or altered by the creation of said new districts,
if they should divide said school districts number three
and six, and assigning their reasons, if they should not
so divide.

Site.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if the commission-
ers appointed by virtue of this act shall divide said
school districts, number three and six, and create an
additional school district, the orphans court, upon the
same being so reported, shall appoint five suitable per-
sons to act as trustees for said new school district, who,
after qualifying, as trustees of other primary schools in
said county, are required to qualify, shall proceed to
select some central site for the erection of a school house
thereon; and they shall be, and they are hereby autho-

Condemna-
tion of lot.

rised to condemn or otherwise procure a sufficient lot
of land for said purpose, and shall receive contributions
from well disposed persons to aid in the erection of a
school thereon.

Authority to
levy.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That after the new school
district shall be laid off and created by virtue of the provi-
sions of this act, and trustees have been appointed for the
same, upon application by said trustees, the county
commissioners of Charles county are hereby authorised
and required to levy upon the assessable property of
said county the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars,
and shall pay the same over to the trustees aforesaid, or
their order, for the purpose of paying for the lot of
ground selected, and building a school house thereon ;
and the said trustees are hereby authorised and required
to exercise the same jurisdiction, management and con-
trol over said school district as trustees of the primary
schools in the county are authorised and required to ex-
ercise.