1150 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 597

departments, boards, commissions and officers of the State,
and the respective schools and institutions thereof. No
sum or sums shall be allocated unless, and until, the Board
shall be convinced beyond all reasonable doubt by any such
officer, agency or institution of the State, that a sum or
sums is necessary to enable such officer, agency or insti-
tution to perform the most essential functions for which
such officer, agency or institution of the State was cre-
ated. All allocations and expenditures approved by the
Board shall be reported by the Board to the next regular
session of the General Assembly. In the event there is
an unexpended or unobligated balance of said funds, the
same shall revert to the General Treasury.

SEC. 11-B. And be it further enacted, That the Emer-
gency Contingent Reserve Fund of $250, 000. 00 for the
fiscal year beginning October 1, 1933, and ending Sep-
tember 30, 1934, and the Emergency Contingent Reserve
Fund of $250, 000. 00, for the fiscal year beginning Octo-
ber 1, 1934, and ending September 30, 1935, as herein-
after set forth is appropriated for the Emergency Con-
tingent use of the respective departments, boards, commis-
sions and officers of the State, and the respective schools
and institutions thereof. The Board of Public Works is
hereby authorized and empowered to allocate such funds
and supervise the expenditure of the same among the re-
spective departments, boards, commissions and officers of
the State, and the respective schools and institutions there-
of. No sum or sums shall be allocated by the Board unto
any officer, agency or institution of the State, unless and
until the Board shall be convinced beyond all reasonable
doubt by such officer, agency or institution that an emer-
gency exists and that a sum or sums is necessary to enable
such officer, agency or institution to perform the most essen-
tial functions for which such office, agency or institution
was created. All allocations and expenditures approved
by the Board shall be reported by the Board to the next
regular session of the General Assembly. In the event
there is an unexpended or unobligated balance of said
funds, the same shall revert to the General Treasury.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That after the pay-
ment of the specific appropriations hereinafter listed and
made, there is hereby appropriated out of any excess in
the State Treasury during the two fiscal years ending Sep-
tember 30th, 1935, the sum of $100, 000. 00 for the use of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1933, if called in