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THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156. 1864. 189 and Georgetown, which tax shall be due at the same time, and be collected by the county collector in the same manner, and under the same regulations and restrictions, as are prescribed by law in relation to the collection of the county taxes, and which are hereby made applicable to the col lection of the school—tax imposed by this act, and when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the school fund; and the treasurer of the levy Treasurer or court is hereby constituted treasurer of the school fund; and the said S¢h°°lY“¤d· treasurer and collector shall be qualified by making oath or aflirmation faithfully to discharge the duties required of them ; and they shall give bonds respectively to the said board of commissioners, in a sum to be fixed by the levy court, with two sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties required of them by this act, which bonds, being approved by the said board of commissioners, shall be tiled with the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, who is hereby required to file the same, and a copy of either of said bonds, under seal of said court, shall be sufficient evidence of the making thereof; and the said treasurer shall he paid such compensation for his services as the said board of commissioners may allow, and the said collector the same fees as are allowed by the said levy court for collecting the county tax. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the whole amount standing Am<>¤¤€ ¢>f¤1X: to the credit of the school fund, when the aforesaid levy is to be made, hw d8t°m°m°d` shall be taken into the account in determining the amount of tax necessary to meet the current expenses of the school year, which amount shall be levied as aforesaid, and no more; and the said board of commissioners shall apportion the school fund, after deducting such part thereof as the Apportionment provisions of this act assign to the education of colored children, among °fS°h°°lf““d· the several school districts, giving to each one seventh of the whole amount of school taxes collected and then in hand, after deducting the necessary expenses of the board, and one seventh of all other funds paid in, after deducting as hereinbefore provided for the education of colored children, until an amount shall have accumulated sufficient to purchase a site and erect and furnish a school-house in each district, the cost of which shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars, (unless by private subscription,) except where the number of scholars is sufficiently large to require two schools, in which case the sum may reach three thousand dollars; after that it shall be apportioned according to the number of children in each district between the ages of six and seventeen years: Provided, That not more P¤>Vi¤<>¤· than the actual expenses of each district shall be paid: And provided, further, That more than one school-house may be established in any one district if the funds are procured. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That in case the said commissioners Sites for schoolshould not be able to purchase suitable sites for the erection of school- ggmfgéulig MY houses, they shall have power to condemn and value a suitable site or P ` sites for that purpose, not exceeding one acre of land in each site, by giving ten days’ notice in writing to the proprietors thereof, except in Proceedings. cases where notice cannot be served, and in cases of minors, femme coverts, and persons non compos mentis, and filing with the clerk of the levy court of the County of Washington, District of Columbia, for inspection, a certificate describing such lands, with the value assessed thereon, signed by the president and clerk of said board of commissioners, which shall be sufficient notice to the proprietors of such land that the said board of commissioners are ready to pay the amount of damages so assessed; and if within thirty days from the filing of said certihcate the proprietors of such land shall not appeal from the decision of said commissioners, by written notice left with the said clerk of the levy court, the amount so assessed shall be paid to the proprietors, and the title to such land and premises shall pass to, and be vested in, the board of commissioners of primary schools of Washington County, District of Columbia, and the said certihcate shall be recorded in the land records of Washington County,