The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-05-04
CHAPTER XVII.
HqA Sehoel,.

DEC. i. IL shall DC the duty OF the Board OF
County School Commissioners when any cleo
ton district or any contiguous election dis
triet shall present building for High School
In said district or districts, TO the Board of
County School Com issioners, to accept the
same, (if in the judgment Of the Board there is
any necessity therefor, and thereafter provide
for maintenance Of a High School In said dis
trict or districts and the salary ofteachers out
Of the general school fund.
Sec. 3 II the High School be establisbcd
BY district or distriels, the Board Of County
School Commissioners shall appoint three per-
sons, who shall constitute a Board Of High
School Commissioners, and exercise like au.
thority over said School as herein before pro-
vided for Boards Of District School Trustees,
but High Schools established By the county
shall be under the direct control OF the Boafd
OF County School Commissioners.
See. 3. Each High School shall be visited
and examined annually by the Principal of the
State Normal School or a professor thereof
such High School shall also be visited at least
once In each school term BY the County Ex-
amminer, who shall report quarterly to the
Board of County School Commissioners the re-
suit Of his observations.
Sec. 1. Ifpraoiieable, military tactics may
form department Ia every High School.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Schools for Celorsd Children.
Sec. /. II shall be tho duty of the Board Of
County School commissioners to establish one
or. more Public Schools in each election dis
triet for all colorsd youth between six and
twenty years Il age, to which admission shall
be free and which shall be kept open as long
the other Public Schools Of the particular
county, rovided tho average attendance be
not less than dftteu scholars.
See. 2. These schools shall be under the
direction Of the Board 0: District School Trus-
tees Of the respective school districts within
the limits OF which they are established they
shall be subjsct 10 the same laws and furnish
instruction 10 the same branches as the Schools
Tor the white children.
Sec. ;. The Comptroller shall apportion
the SUN appropriated for the support Of the
oulnred schools Of the several counties and the
City OF Baltimore, in proportion to their ros.
pectiEe cul0rcd population between the ages of
avs aud twenty years, said apportionms to be
made at The time the apportious Of the levy Tor
the white schools.
Sec, 1. The total amount Of taxes paid for
school purpose by the cnorod people Of any
coanty, or in the City of Baltimore, together
with any donations that may be made Tor the
purpose, shall also be devoted to the mainte-
nance Of the school for colorcd children.
CHAPTER XIX.
Sources Of Iaeoas.
Sec. A State tax Of ten cents on each one
hundred dollars OF taxable property through.
out the State, shall be levied annually for The
support Of free public schools and the Mary.
land State Normal School, which tar shall ia
collected at the same time aud by the Same agent
as the general State levy, and shall be PAL /
into the Treasury oithe State, to be distrib uted
by the Treasurer to the Boards of Sch DOL Com
ni,sionsrs Of the City Of Baltimore and the sew
eral counties.
See. 2. The Treasurer, on the warrant of
the Comptroller shall pay, as heretofore, to
each Of the counties and the CITY Of Baltimore.
the proportion Of the Free School Fund to
which such city or county Is entitled, under
tho provisions Of the laws and resolutions ex-
Isuug at the time this Act is adopted, aud he
snah pay the same to the Treasurer OF the
Board OF school Commissioners of Baltimore
City, aud the several counties; and the sew.
eral colleges and Academies shall respectively
| receive the donations granted to them BY any
laws or resolutions Of the General Assembly
subject TO the conditions annexed thereto.
bee. s. Real aud personal estate granted,
conveyed, devised or bequeathed for the use OF
any particular county or school district, shall
Do held 10 trust by the Board Of County School
| Commissioners for the benefit Of such counts
or school district; and such grants and be.
quests shall be exempt from all State aud coun-
| ty taxes.
Sec. 4. Moneys invested prior to the passag s
Of this Act, In trust for the benefit of the pub.
lie schools for any county or city shall be CT.
emPt from State, county or local tax.
Sec B. As soon as the Comptroller sh all
| nS'e receiteu from tue City oil Baltimore and
the several counties, returns Of the amonut Of
the state school tar levied in each county and
the City Of Baltimore, be shall iminediatel,
thereafter apportion the amount Of the VIII oil
levy TO the several counties and the City O
Bal timore, in proportion to their respectiv,
population, between the ages OF dve and TWEEN
ty years.
Sec, 9. On the fifteenth day Of June, the ,s
day Of october, the LIST day Of January, and th,
18th day Of March, 10 each year, the Oomptrol
Ter shall apportOn the amount of school tar
received by the Treasurer, among the several
counties and the City Of Baltimore, in proper
ton To the whole amount apportioned TO each
by the Comptroller, and he shall notify III,
state Board OF Education and the Treasurer ol
the several Boards Of the County School Com
missioners OF the counties aad the City Of Bal
timore, OF the amount OF tax due TO each coun
~ and the City Of Baltimore, on the seyera
days aforesaid, and the Treasurer shall pa,
the several amounts within ten days after sais
notification upon the draft of the Presiden
and Secretary OF the several Boards Of Count /,
School Commissioners, aforesaid; provided
also, that II In any county the schools be ken
open las than seven and a-half months of III,
year ending December thirty first. the Comp
troller shall withhold from such coun.y III,
April instalment Of the State school tax.
See. Z. When tho levy OF any year aha |
have been collected the Comptroller shall an
portion among the several counties and the Cit,
Of Baltimore, the amount allowed on The lev,
for insoiveneies and statements, and shal
transmit q statement Of the same 10 the Stat
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