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committee and the surveyor such compensation for
his services as may be just and proper; they shall
report the entire cost of dividing the county and the
publication of the notices aforesaid to the county
commissioners, who shall levy the amount as other
county expenses are levied, and shall pay the same
to the treasurer of the board of school commissioners,
by whom it shall be paid to the parties to whom it
may be due ; if a 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 revisions or alterations as
may be necessary to accommodate the population
and increase the efficiency of the schools ; a full des-
cription of such changes and alterations shall also be
made and recorded as aforesaid ; the school districts
shall be numbered in such manner as the state super-
intendent may direct ; the mode of dividing the city
of Baltimore into school districts, and of locating
school houses, shall be Axed by the mayor and city
council, and not be subject to the requirements of
this section.
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Ibid. s. 6.
Duties and
powers of the
school commis-
sioners.
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27. It shall be the duty of the school commis-
sioners, each for his own school district, subject to the
provisions of the by-laws issued by the state board of
education to employ teachers from among those per-
sons who hold the proper certificate to attend to the
distribution of books and stationery, requiring each
pupil to pay in advance for the use of the same,
unless exempted therefrom ; to exercise a 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 house sites; purchase fuel and provide for
all incidental expenses, keep school houses and
enclosures in repair, have shade trees planted, ad-
vise concerning the discipline and management and
course of instruction pursued, require examination
of the pupils in any or all branches of study, and to
use their influence and exertions to increase the use-
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