The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-03-23

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assign the said State bonds or certificates
Of stock, or to deliver up the same TO be
cancelled.
SEC. 7lh. And be IL enacted, That all
monies received by the said SuperiEten-
dent from the said Orphans Court. from
the obligors and morigag in the said
bonds and mortgages, aud from the State
OF Maryland or her agents, upon the said
state bonds, as well as all ether monies
! that may come into his hands or into
the hands OF his successors in office, m
der the provisions of this Act, shall he
! held by him and his Successors in office
~. ject to the 0slers Of The nnarJ OF
Education, for the purposes OF this Act;
and it shall be the duty Of the said Board
OF Education 10 appropriate so much Of
the existing poor school fund of the
said county, as may be necessary, to
The erection of proper district school
houses throughout the said county, allow
ing to each school district the sum of two
hundred dollars 10 be expended for that
purpose by the Trustees of the several
school districts, provided that the Board
of Education shall first determine upon
ii model or plan for the construction of
said school houses, with the necessary
| fixtures, desks, ST. and shall furnish the
same with specifications for the building
thereof to the local Boards of Trustees,
aud provided also, that each house and
the fixtures thereof shall be at least equal
to The said model and specifications when
completed. before any part of the said
sum of two hundred dollars shall be paid
or ordered to be paid by the said Board of
Education, and provided further. tFa. if any
of the said school districts, when laid of,
shall have wishia their limits good and
sufficient school house, which either is Or
may be properly located, and which upon
inspection by the Board Of Education or
Superintendent shall be determined, to be
suitable for the purpose ola district school,
such house when SO inspected and APP
proved, shall, when properly located, be
adopted AS the district school house for
such district, and the Board of Educa-
lion shall order and direct the Superln.
tendent to pay TO the Board of Trustees
Tor such district, the sum Of two huu-
bred dollars, to be appropriated by them
to the purchase Of the necessary fixtures
and for such other school purposes as
the SAID Board Of Trustees shall deem
most advantageous TO the interest of the
said district school, and it shall be the
duty of the Board of Education TO order
ant! direct the Super insendenl TO inves.
in bonds Of the State Of Maryland or in
certificates of loan of the United States,
to be held by said Superintendent and his
successors, for the purposes Of this Act,
any surplus that may remain Of the said
existing poor school fund.- after the
said sum of two hundrsd dollars is con-
trihuted to each school district, under
! the provisions of:tilis section, the interest
arising thereon to be received by the
said Superintendent and his successors,
and appropriated to the general county
fund to meet any deficiency in the eollec-
ton OF taxes, the principal to remain so
invested until j, may be required for the
construction Of such additional buildings
as may hereafter be required in said
county for school purposes.
| Trustees Of the several school districts in
| the said county who shall be first chosen
under this Act, shall meet at the places
Of holding their said first election on the
first Saturday after they are so elected,
and shall then and there proceed to or
ganize and qualify by taking and sub.
scribing an oath or affirmation which
each may administer TO the others, that
they will each faithfully and impaIualy
discharge the duties required of them as
Trustees Of the said district, espectively.
They shall then have power to appoint
a clerk, and also an assessor and collee-
tor Of district taxes, il necessary, and
said clerks assessors and collectors shall
hold their respective Offices for and dur.
ing the period for which the Trustees by
whom they are appointed shall he elect
ed, and until their successors are duly
appointed; and on the said first Saturday
after they are elected the said several
Boards Of Trustees shall take measures
10 procure, in each Of the said school
districts, lot Of land, at the expense Of
the said districts respectively, for the pur.
pose Of erecting thereon a district school
house, and when said lot is obtained and
a title thereto secured, in the name Of the
said Trustees and their successors, they
shall notify the Board Of Education, who
shall furnish them with model or plan
for said house and fixtures, with speclfca.
tons therefor; and when The said house aud
fixtures have been completed according TO
the model and specifications, the Superin
tendenL or some member OF the Board Of
Education shall inspect the same, and
upon his favorable report the Board Of
Education shall order aud direct the
Treasurer to pay over to the Trustees Of
said district the said sum Of two hundred
dollars, TO aid in delraYing the expense