954 ARTICLE 77.

property in the county and such additional tax is not approved and sanc-
tioned by the board of county commissioners, the county commissioners
shall indicate in writing what item or items of the annual budget of the

county board of education have been denied in whole or in part, and the
reason for the denial in whole or in part of the respective items. Taxes so
levied and collected shall be separately indicated on tax bills and tax re-
ceipts, and shall be known as the County School Tax. Taxes so levied
shall be collected as other taxes and shall be paid monthly to the treasurer
of the county board of education in as nearly equal amounts as possible,
beginning on or before the tenth of October of each year and continuing
up to and including June; provided that taxes levied and collected for
permanent improvements and repairs or special purposes may be required
to be paid oftener, upon the order of the president and secretary of the

county board of education to the board of county commissioners. All taxes
received by the county board of education shall be expended by them in
accordance with the items of their annual budget. Any sum of money
which may have been specially levied and collected on any election or

schoolhouse district for the educational purposes connected with such
district shall be collected for and applied to the purpose so intended

originally and shall be used for no other purpose; and if said funds have
been used otherwise, they shall be returned and applied as aforesaid.

1927. ch. 607.

59A. The County Board of Education of Washington County shall

cause to be prepared and published annually, in the month of October,

sufficient quantities for distribution among the citizens of the County, an
annual report addressed to the people of the County, covering the condi-
tion, current accomplishments and needs for the improvement of the
schools, also a statement of the business and financial transactions of the
Board. The said Board shall also cause to be prepared in October each
year for the County Commissioners of said County a detailed, itemized
statement of all receipts and expenditures of said Board for the year pre-

ceding.

1933. ch. 151, sec. 59A.

59B. It shall be unlawful for any member of the Board of Education
in any county in Maryland or for any County School Superintendent to
be interested for profit in any contract or purchase to which the Board of
Education in that county is a party, and any member of such a Board or
any County School Superintendent so interested shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof after indictment by the Grand
Jury, shall forfeit his office as a member of the Board of Education or as
County School Superintendent, and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed
five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the Maryland House of Correction
for a term not to exceed one year; provided, however, that the provisions

of this section shall not apply to any contract or other transaction involving
the deposit of school funds in any authorized State or Federal Banking
institution.