166 ARTICLE 27.

as herein specified, pay into the State Treasury the sum of one hundred
and eighty dollars ($180. 00) per annum, for the care and training of such
white female minor, and the remaining amount required for the care and
training of such white female minor shall be paid from the Treasury of the
State, and the said city or county, as the case may be, shall, as herein speci-
fied, pay unto the State Treasurer the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25. 00)
per annum, for each white female minor paroled and under the control
of the Montrose School for Girls, for supervising said white female minors.
The expense for care, training and supervision of all white female minors
in the Montrose School for Girls and on parole and under its control shall
be a charge upon each county and City of Baltimore, committing such
white female minor or minors to the Montrose School for Girls, as herein-
after provided. It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers of the Mont-
rose School for Girls to furnish to the County Treasurer and to the Comp-
troller of the City of Baltimore, having white female minors committed to
the Montrose School for Girls a quarterly statement giving the number
of white female minors and the name of each white female minor from and
charged to such county or the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, and
the cost of maintenance and supervision due from said county and the
City of Baltimore for such white female minor or minors. The Board of
Managers of the Montrose School for Girls shall certify to the State
Comptroller on the first days of January, April, July and October of
each year, the amount not previously certified to by him, that is due the
said Montrose School for Girls from the several counties and the City of
Baltimore, having white female minors chargeable thereto, and the said
Comptroller shall pass the same to the credit of the Montrose School for
Girls. The State Comptroller shall thereupon notify the County Treas-
urer of each county, and the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore,
respectively, so owing, of the amount thereof and charge the same to said
county or the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, And the Board of
County Commissioners of each county, and the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore are hereby authorized and required to levy annually upon
the assessable property of each of said counties and said city, respec-
tively, an amount equal to one hundred and eighty dollars ($180. 00) for
each white female minor committed to the care and training of the Mont-
rose School for Girls from said counties and said city, as the case may be;
and the Board of County Commissioners of each county, and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, are hereby authorized and directed to levy
annually upon the assessable property of each of said counties and said
city, respectively, an amount equal to twenty-five dollars ($25. 00) for
each white female minor committed from said counties and said city, to
the care and training of the Montrose School for Girls, but who have been
paroled and under its supervision and control. The total amount of
annual tax levied by the said counties and said city shall not be less than
a sura sufficient to provide for the number of white female minors com-
mitted from said counties or said city, based upon the previous year's
certification by the Board of Managers of the Montrose School for Girls