200 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 134

November 1st each year One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for
each blind minor or colored deaf minor sent to The Maryland
School for the Blind, multiplied by the number of blind minors
and colored deaf minors certified to the Treasurer of the
respective counties and the Comptroller of Baltimore City by
the Board of Directors of The Maryland School for the Blind,
April 1st and October 1st each year, such payments to be con-
sidered as payments for tuition. Any balance from said levy
at the end of the year shall revert to the treasury of said
counties or said city, and any deficiency, if any, shall be in-
cluded in the next succeeding levy and forthwith paid to The
Maryland School for the Blind. Taxes levied and collected
in any county or the City of Baltimore for the purpose named
in this section shall be used to defray the expenses of the
blind minors and colored deaf minors sent to The Maryland
School for the Blind, and shall not be transferred to any other
fund by the city or county authorities.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 15,1947.

CHAPTER 134.
(House Bill 92)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
49 of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1943 Supplement), title "Insurance", sub-title "General
Provisions", relating to the consolidation and merger of
insurance companies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 49 of Article 48A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Insurance", sub-title
"General Provisions", be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

49. (Consolidation and Merger of Companies.) Sections
33 to 37, inclusive, and all other applicable sections, of Article
23 shall apply to the consolidation and merger of domestic
insurance companies and domestic and foreign insurance com-
panies, but every agreement of consolidation of insurance com-
panies thereunder and every agreement of merger of insurance
companies thereunder shall be submitted to the Insurance