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Dec Ses. 1816.
Return thereof
to be made to
clerk.
Five trustees
to be appointed
in each section.
Oath.
Voters to de-
termine means
of procuring
ground, &c.
Trustees to
collect money.
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natural objects, roads, and local circumstances, as in the opinion
of said commissioners shall be most beneficial and convenient
for the inhabitants of the several sections.
2. And be it enacted, That said commissioners when they shall
so have divided the said county into sections, shall cause a re-
turn to be drawn up in writing, signed by said commissioners, or
a majority of them, describing particularly and distinctly the
limits of each of said sections, and designating them respectively
by numbers from one in progressive succession, and shall lodge
said return with the clerk of the county, whose duty it shall be
forthwith to record the same among the land records of the coun-
ty, and a copy of said return, under the hand and official seal of
said clerk, shall be good and sufficient evidence in the courts of
justice in this state, as well as out thereof, of the location and
boundaries of said respective sections.
3. And be it enacted, That said commissioners, so soon as they
shall have divided said county into sections, and made a return
thereof, and caused the same to be recorded as aforesaid, shall
appoint five of the most discreet and sensible men of each sec-
tion, as trustees of the school of said section, and shall cause the
clerk of the county to make out and transmit to the first named
trustee of each section a copy of the description and designation
of the section of which he is a trustee.
4. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners before they
proceed to act as such, shall take an oath, or affirmation, as the
case may be, well and faithfully, and without favour, affection or
partiality, to execute the duties assigned them by this act.
5. And be it enacted, That said trustees in each of said sec-
tions, so soon as they shall deem it convenient after their ap-
pointment, shall notify the voters of their respective sections, in
such manner as they shall consider most convenient and proper,
to meet at such time, not less than ten days, and at such place in
the section as said trustees may appoint, to consider and deter-
mine of the best means to procure a suitable lot or piece of
ground and school-house for the use and accommodation of said
section, and said voters of each section, or a majority of them,
shall have power and authority to judge and determine whether
the said piece or lot of ground and school house shall be procur-
ed by voluntary contribution, or by an equal and proportionable
tax on the assessed property of said section; and the said trus-
tees shall have power to collect and receive subscriptions, and
money, if the said voters shall determine to resort to voluntary
contribution, and to levy and assess the sum fixed on by said vo-
ters upon the property of the section, should said voters, or a ma-
jority of them, determine to resort to a tax.
6. And be it enacted, That said trustees shall have full power
and authority to collect all monies which may be voluntarily of-
fered or subscribed, and upon default of any subscriber to pay
the amount of his subscription, to recover the same by the same
legal means that any person in this state may or can recover any
debt of equal amount which may bo due them, and to appoint
such as they may think proper to collect the several sums
which may be levied as herein before authorised, which said per-
son, so appointed, shall have all the power and authority to col-
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