WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 199

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 9 of Article 30 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Deaf, Dumb and Blind",
sub-title "Workshop and School for Blind", be and it is here-
by repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

9. For each blind or colored deaf minor sent to the Mary-
land School for the Blind, from the City of Baltimore or any
one of the counties in the State by the Boards of Education
of the several counties and the Board of School Commissioners
of Baltimore City, the said city or county, as the case may be
shall as herein specified, pay to the Maryland School for the
Blind the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per annum
for the training and education of such blind minor or colored
deaf minor. The expenses for the training and education of
all blind minors or colored deaf minors in the Maryland
School for the Blind, shall be a charge upon each county and
the City of Baltimore sending such blind or colored deaf
minors to The Maryland School for the Blind, as hereinafter
provided. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors of
the Maryland School for the Blind to furnish to each county
treasurer, and to the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore
having blind or colored deaf minors sent to The Maryland
School for the Blind, a statement on April 1st and October 1st
each year giving the number of such blind or colored deaf
minors; and the name of each from and charged to such county
or the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, and the cost of
training and education due from said county and the City
of Baltimore for such blind or colored deaf minor.

The Board of County Commissioners of each county, and
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are hereby author-
ized and required to levy annually upon the assessable prop-
erty of each of said counties and said city respectively, an
amount equal to Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each
blind minor or colored deaf minor sent to The Maryland
School for the Blind from said counties and said city, as the
case may be.

The total amount of annual tax levied by the said counties
and said city shall not be less than a sum sufficient to pro-
vide for the number of blind and colored deaf minors sent
from said counties or said city based upon the previous year's
certification by the Board of Directors of The Maryland
School for the Blind to the said counties and to the said City;
and the Board of County Commissioners of said counties, and
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, shall pay to The
Maryland School for the Blind on or before May 1st and