Year: 1865

Judge of the Circuit Court for the writ ol
mandamus to compel obedience thereto.
Provided Nevertheless, That the titles to ali
school taxes and lots, and all personal effects
now held by any Board of School Commits
sioncrs, any Board Of Inspectors of Primary
schools, any Board of;County Commissioners
any county or school district, shall pass tc
the Board of school Commissioners without
any formal conveyance.


| Section g. There shall be President o
each Board of school Commissioners, who
shall be appointed from their number by the
Board Of Education. He shall have the gen.
eral superintendent of all the schools of the
county and of school-houses and district libra.
ries, and he shall perform such other dutie.
as the Board of Education may from time to
time direct. And the Board so constituted
shall assemble on the scond Tuesday Of July
1865, for the purpose oforganizatian. They
shall appoint secretary, who shall also be
Treasurer of the Board, and shall receive such
compensation as the Board may direct.


Section 4. The Treasurer of each board
shall give bond to the State of Maryland with
at least two securities, to be approved by the
Board of school Commissioners. in the penal
sum of ten thousand dollars with conditions
that he will faithfully perform the duties Of
Treasurer, pay over and apply all moneys
that shall come to his hand or care us Trea-
surer, to such persons and in such manner as
the school Commissioners may direct, and
that he will keep full account of all money
received and paid by him. and of all matters
relating to the duties of his Office, and pre-
serve the same, and all vouchers relating to
his office, whenever they are required by the
school Commissioners, to such person as they
shall appoint to receive the same.


Section 5. In all cases where a county has
not been properly divided into school Dis
tricts, and full records of the boundaries
thereof have not been made and recorded the
Board of school Commissioners shall appoint
committee, consisting of two persons of in
tellgence and sound judgment, members of
their own body or otherwise, who shall divide
the county into suitable school Districts, and
divide and describe the boundaries of each, ,
provided that no school District shall contain
greater area than four miles square, unless
part of it be located in mountainous or un-
populated region.


In tho formation Of school Districts the COM





suitable site for the school house, the general
features of the country, such as streams or
other waters, fountains, roads. railroads, vii
lagos, towns, cities. aud especially the popu-
lation. and shall make each school District of
such size and form as will best accommodate
the population within its bounds. The COM
mittee shall make full and clear description
Of the boundaries of the school District. ac-
companicd by a plat, and shall report the same
to the school Commissioners, who shall there
upon give notice iu all the newspapers of the
county at what time they will meet to hear
application for change of boundaries. which
application shall be made in writing and with
in two months from the date of the first pub
lication of such notice.


When the application shall have been made
and considered. the Board of school Commits
sioners may then change the boundaries of
the school Districts and revise the description.
or they may without application, make such
change as may be deemed important. or they
may ratify and confirm the report Of the COM
mittee without alteration.


The description of the boundaries Of the
school Districts shall be recorded in the Jour-
nal of the school Commissioners, or in book
Kept for that purpose in their office.


In those counties where no newspaper is
published the notice of application for change
of boundaries shall be published in the news
papers of the adjoining county.


Whenever it may become necessary, the
Board of school Commissioners shall employ
a surveyor to aid the committee in divlding
the county, and they shall allow each member
Of the committee and the surveyor such COM
pensation for his services as may be just and
proper.


They shall report the entire cost of dividing
the county and the publication of the notice
aforesaid to the County Commissioners. who
shall levy the amount as other county cxpen-
ses are levied, and shall pay the same to the
Treasurer of the Board of school Commission
ers, by whom it shall be paid to parties to
whom it may be due.


If county has already been divided into
school Districts which it may be necessary to
revise, the Board of school Commissioners
shall have full power to make such rcvisions
or alterations as may be necessary to accomo-
date the population and increase the efficiency
of the schools.


A full description of such changes and al
teratons shall also be made and recorded as
aforesaid


The school Districts shall be numbered in
such manner as the State superintendent may
direct.


The mode of dividing the city of Baltimore
into school Districts, and of locating the
schoolhouses, shall be fixed by the Mayor and
City Council, and not be subject to the re-
quiremcnt Of this section.


Section 6. 1t shall be the duty of the school
Commissioners, each for his own school dis
trict, subject to the provisions of the bylaws
issued by the State Board of Education, to
employ teachers from among those persons
who hold the proper certificate to attend to
distribution of books and stationery, requiring
each pupil to pay in advance for the use Of
the same unless exempted thcrefrom to ex-
ercse general supervision over the schools,
visiting them at least once each term to have
the care and custody of all school houses.
school furniture and apparatus and school
houses site purchas, fuel. and provide for all
incidental expenses, keep school houses and
enclosurses in repair, have shade trees plant
ed, advise concerning the discipline and man
agement and course of instruction pursued
require examination of the pupils in any or all
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