404 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 272

sub-title "County Commissioners", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

125. Every county agency shall submit to the County Com-
missioners of Baltimore County on or before October 1 in each
year a detailed and itemized estimate of the amounts to be
required for the operation of such agency during the ensuing
fiscal year, classified in such form and containing such other
information as the County Commissioners shall require from
time to time. Such estimate shall be submitted under the
oath of the official in charge of such agency that such estimate
and the matters and facts contained therein are true and
correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
(Wherever referred to in this Act, "county agency" shall in-
clude the Board of County Commissioners and any officer,
department, commission, board, bureau or other agency of
the county and any institution receiving any appropriation
from county funds.)

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted., That four new sections
be added to Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Baltimore County", sub-title
"County Commissioners", said new sections to be known as
Sections 125A, 125B, 125C and 125D, to follow immediately
after Section 125 of the said Article, and to read as follows:

125A. Before November 1st, in each year, the County Com-
missioners shall prepare a proposed budget containing the
following items:

(a) A fully itemized and detailed statement, in comparative
form, of the aforesaid itemized amounts requested by each
county agency, the amounts appropriated for the current fis-
cal year for each such agency, and the appropriation recom-
mended for each such agency by the County Commissioners
for the ensuing year.

(b) A detailed statement in comparative form showing for
the current and ensuing years, all anticipated county receipts,
except those from current taxes, and the total assessable basis,
together with the rates for the current year for general and
special taxes and assessments, and the estimated rates re-
quired by the recommended appropriations.

(c) The total amount of county funds to be expended for
all purposes during the next ensuing fiscal year classified in
detail as to object, items and amounts (except the Contingent
Fund) for each county agency, under one of the following four
schedules as may be appropriate: