Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-05-26

Sec. Q. The Board of State School
Commissioners shall be ex-oficio trustees
Of the State Normal School. aud the
Principal Of the State Normal School shall
be ex-oficio trustee Of the State Ayri-
cultural College.
See 10. All Shoots and colleges re-
ceiving any State donation, shall make a
report on or before the fifteenth day Of
November in each year. of such matters
aud 10 such form rs the Roard.pf State
sn;a Exports or an absuSxf tEersiT5m siIaM
be published by the Pi6Sldent Of the Board
in his annual school report.
CHAPTER w.
Duties Of the County School Commits
sioners.
See. |. The Board Of County School
Commissioners shall meet for orcauiz l.
ton on the first Tuesday in January next
succeeding their appointment or as soon
thereafter as may be, and elect person
not member of the Board, who shall
serve as Secretary, Treasury and Exami-
ncr, and notice Of such clccti m signed by
the President Of the Board shall be trans
mit,cd to the Comptr 'ller /; provided, tina,
in counties having more than cighty-fve
schools. the Board may; At their discre-
ton. appoint an assistant Examiner and
fix his salary. The Bard shall meet
once in every school term, aud a; other
times If necessary FOR the transaction OF
business. Each commissioner shall re-
cc;vc per day for each day Of his at,en-
lance ut the Board o. on committees ap-
pointed by the Board. such pay rs is al
loved the County COMMISSIONERS in the
several counties Of the State provided !,
that the aggregate s.nount paid in one
year to commissioners AS pcr die,a or any
other compensation. shall not exceed an
average of one hundred dollars for each
commissioner.
Sec >, The Board Of County School
Commissioners is hereby declared to be a
body polite and corporate. by the name
and style of the Board Of County School
Commissioners "f-:ounty, and by that
name shall have perpetual succ ssion.
and shall b" capable to sue and be sued,
to have and use a common seal, and the
same at their pleasure to alter or break,
and to exercise all the powers and privi-
icgcs hereby granted or vested in them
Sec 3 All the property. estate, effects.
now vested by law in the public school
authorities Of any county for the use and
benefit o: public, primary, free or high
schools, are hereby transferred to AMI
vested in the Board Of County School
Commissioners and their successors in Of
ice.
Sec s The Board of County School
Commission shall have the general su-
pervision and control % MI schools in their
respective counties. asuithcy shall buill
repair aud furnish the school hnus :: they
shall fix aud paw the salaries %: teachers;
they shall purchase and distribute tex,
books, aud shall perform such other du-
, ties As may be necessary to secure an ef-
fcicnt administ ration oil the public school
system, subject 10 the provisions of this
law.
Sec 5 The State school tax and free
school fund are primarily Intended, under
this Act. to pay the salaries Of the teach
crs Of the several counties. AMI to provide
school books aud stationery for the chill
dren Of tho State. II. however, in ap-
por,ioning the said State school tax among
the different counties and the CITY of Bal
timore, the share OF any county should
prove iradequo;e for the purposes afore-
slid. then The County Commissioners Of
such county are hereby authorized, en-
powered. directed AMI required t, levy
and collect such AK upo, trs a,sessablc
property of such county as The Board OF
County School Commissioners shIll des-
ignatc as suffic'cn. o max good the de-
ticicncy: pro, led III TX shall not ex-
coed ten cents N the hun. "a dollars, uu.
less the County CoT n'ssicne-s shall ap-
prove and SANCTION an additional tax
The taxes SD levied and collected shall BE-
| Maid quarterly >-~ aIy Fixed for the
rsvmeft o. the ; c >cnool "a to IN,
several counties, out the proceeds from
special taxes NAV be rl,d oftcner, upon
the order Of the E,l-d Of County School
Commissioners 10 The Treasurer of the
said Board of County School Commission
crs, in order that .nc schools OF such
counties may 10 KEEP. omen for the time
herein set fci Ii, and said tax shall b,
levied aud collected As Other t1xes. ANY
sums Of money whch mly have been spc-
cially collected or ie, ii on any election
or school house district for educational
purposes connected with those districts
shall be collected or AMI applied 10 the
purposes so intended originally. aud shall
be used for no other pucpose. aud If said
funds have been used Otherwise they shall
be returned and .pPiied as aforesaid.
Sec In all cases where the county
has not been properly divided iaso scho /
districts, aud full records u the bounda.
ries thereof have NOT been made and re-.
corded, the Board Of County School Com.
missioucrs shall appoin, committee. if,
in their opinion they deem it necessary.
consisting Of three persons Of intelligence
aud sound judgment, who shall divide the
county into suitable school districts, dc.
tiae and describe the boundaries Of each
provided, that no school dis,ris. shall con
tain a greater area than four miles square
unless part of i, be located in a thiuiy set.
tied region. In the formation of the
school districts. the committee shall take
into consideration the most suitable site
tot the scLeo.'kSVs:, :-s segcsAl I.a.urs.