T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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line county, which was united with the primary school
district number one in Queen Anne's county, by act of
Assembly passed January session, eighteen hundred
and fifty-three, chapter three hundred and ten, the
same ratio of taxation as is now levied on the assessable
property in Queen Anne's county, for the support of
primary schools, and shall appoint one suitable person
to collect the same, and the person so appointed shall
before he enter upon the discharge of his duties as
collector, file with the said trustees a bond to the State
of Maryland, in the sum of three hundred dollars to
be approved of by said trustees, and the said collector
shall have all the right and power and authority to col-
lect and enforce the payment of the taxes levied as
aforesaid, as is now allowed to the collector of the
State and county taxes in Caroline county, and shall
be allowed six per centum on the monies collected
by him in full compensation for his services.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the orphans court
of Caroline county, be and is hereby authorised and
required on or before the first day of April, eighteen
hundred and fifty-four, to determine what proportion of
the school fund of Caroline county shall be due and
belonging to that portion of school district number six,
in Caroline county, which was united to the primary
school district number one in Queen Anne's county,
by an act of Assembly passed at January session eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-three, chapter three hundred and
ten, and when the said court shall have so determined
the same, they shall pay over the amount to the trus-
tees of primary school district number one in Queen
Anne's county, when the trustees of said primary
school district number one in Queen Anne's county
shall make report to the said court that the said primary
school has been in operation as required by law.

Proportion of
fund.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

In force.