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

school house furniture and fixtures in
good repalr al its own proper cost and
charge; and tie Trustees ol each of said
school districts and their snccessors shall
have charge of said school Buildings and
fixtures, and shall, from time To time, nr-
der anG directsuch repairs as ar necessary.
SEC. 9Th. And be il enacted, That
The Trustees OF the said several school
districts and their Successors shall bs
and they are hereby created and cuns,i-
Inted bodies polite and corporate with
power to prosecute and defend in actions
at law; to take and hold in fee simple or
otherwise, property real or persons Tor the
use and support of the schools of their
respective districts, with power also tn
levy and collect taxes for school purposes
within their respective districts, and 10
appoint such officers and perform all
such acts, as are necessary to carry such
powers into execution.
SEC. 10Th. And be ii enacted, Tha,
at the first stated meeting in each school
district, when the voters assemble to
choose Trustees and other officers, and at
every such meeting in the month Of
March, annually thereafter, they shall
determine what sum they will raise in
the district that year for school purposes,
and the Challman and Secretary Of The
said meeting, shall Immediately report tho
same to the Board of Education, provided
that II shall be necessary for each school
district to raise within itself at least the
sum Of fly dollars before it will be en-
titled TO receive any contribution from
the Board of Education, for the payment
OF us teacher, and for the purpose of rails.
ing the said SUN of fifty dollars, or such
additional sum as for the purpose of en-
HANGING the character and usefulness of
their school, they may determine upon,
by taxation II necessary the Trustees Of
ench of the said school districts NAV
cause TO be made all assessment, of all
the real and personal property in the said
districts respectively or they may oJta in
from the Office of the Commissioners o.
the sad county trans cript, of all the ssf
sessahle property within their respective
districts, aud shall cause a record thereof
to be made by their clerk, provided that
where the dwelling OF any person stands
within district which does not in
clude the whole OF the land attached to
said dwelling, the whole of the said land
shall be assessed in the district in which
The dwelling stands, and upon the said
assessment the sid Trustees shall levy
such rate of tax as shall be necessary
10 raise the sum determined upon and the
cost OF collecting the same and shall de-
liver or cause to be delivered to The col.
leclors of The said districts duplicates Of
the said assessments with The rate of tax
specified thereon within thirty days from
the day of the said annual meeting, at
which, the said sum to be raised shall Us
determined upon.
SEC. lll,. And be it enacted, That ev-
cry district tax collector shall give bond
to the Trustees Of their respective dis.
trlcts, with security to be prescribed and
approved by the said Trustees for tho
faithful collection and payment over Of
the said district tax, and that Immediately
upon the receipt Of his duplicate, he shall
proceed to collect said tax, AMI shall pay
it over to the district Trustees in quarter
ly payments, and the said dis.rc, lax coll
lector shall have and exercise within his
district, all the powers and rights to en-
force the payment of said tax, which the
collectors of State and county taxes now
have in this Stale within their respective
districts, and the Trustees of each school
district shall have within their respective
districts for the purpose Of enforcing the
payment Of the district tax. all such rights
and powers as are now held and excr--
csed in this respect, by the Commssi on
crs of the said county, in relation To State
and county taxes, provided however, that
if The Trustees of any or either Of the
school districts Can raise the required
sum or the sum determined upon by the
meeting, by voluntary contribution, with
in twenty days from the said stated meet
ing, it shall not be necessary 10 enforce
the payment of the said tax.
Sxc. l2Ih. and be it enacted, That
whenever district has raised the required
sum of fifty dollars, or such add,1onal
sum as the voters may at their said frs
stated meeting determine upon, the rrus.
tees Of the said district shall repor. the
same to Tho Board of Education, who
shall tlereupon order and direct the SUI
parntendent and Treasurer to appropriate
to the said district, the sum of two hun
bred dollars, to be paid to the said Trus.
tees or upon their order to the teacher or
teachers in said district school, in equal
quarterly instalments, provided that the
sad distric. school shall be kept open du-
ring tho entire year, or with short vaca-
lions only for the recreation Of teachers
and pupils, not exceeding two in any one
year, nor longer than three wed lis each;
and provided further that if the said dis
triet school shall not be kept open the
entira wear with Ihe eycenlinu Of lie va