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to the said counties and said city; and the Board of County Commis-
sioners of said counties and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall pay unto the State Treasurer at the end of each quarter of the
calendar year an amount equal to the sum of forty-five dollars ($45. 00) for
each white female minor committed to the care and training of the Mont-
rose School for Girls, and the sum of six dollars and twenty-five cents
($6. 25) for each white female minor paroled and under the supervision
and control of the Montrose School for Girls, multiplied by the number
of white female minors certified to the Comptroller of the State by the
Board of Managers of the Montrose School for Girls, on the first days of
January, April, July and October, respectively, in each year. Any bal-
ance from said levy at the end of the year shall revert to the Treasury of
said counties or said city and any deficieny, if any, shall be included in
the next succeeding levy and forthwith paid into the State Treasury.
Should any county or the City of Baltimore fail to levy a tax in said county
or city for said amount when due said State, and shall fail at the time of
levy other county or city taxes thereafter, to levy the tax aforesaid to an
amount sufficient to pay the indebtedness subsequently incurred, it shall be
the duty of the Attorney General to bring in the name of the State an action
against any said county, in the Circuit Court for said county, or against the
City of Baltimore, in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, so failing
aforesaid, to enforce the levying of said tax, for the recovery of the amount
due the State, as aforesaid. Upon the failure of any county or the City of
Baltimore to levy such tax as aforesaid to an amount sufficient to pay the
amount then due the State, it shall be the duty of the State Comptroller to
charge such delinquent county or said city with a penalty of interest at one
per cent, per month upon the amount of indebtedness for each month until
payment thereof and penalty thereon be paid. It shall be the duty of the
County Treasurer and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, upon the
collection of the taxes herein required to be levied, to pay unto the State
Treasurer the amount due and owing from said county or city at the time
and in the manner required for the payment of State taxes collected, and
the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller, shall upon the first day of
July and January, in each year, transfer the full amount received from the
counties and the City of Baltimore, under the provisions of this Article,
to the account of the Montrose School for Girls. Taxes levied and col-
lected in any county or the City of Baltimore for the purpose named
in this Article, shall be used only to defray the expenses of the white
female minors committed to the Montrose School for Girls, or paroled,
and under the control of said school and shall not be diverted to "any
other purpose, nor be transferred to any other fund by the State, city
or county authorities. Whenever the Board of Managers of the Montrose
School for Girls holds a white female minor as from one county or the City
of Baltimore, or the County Commissioners of such county or the Mayor
and City Council of the City of Baltimore makes claim that such white
female minor is not a proper charge against the said county or the City of
Baltimore, and such County Commissioners or the Mayor and City Coun-