ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 477

204. All money appropriated, subsequent to the enact-
ment of this section, by the General Assembly of the State of
Maryland and the receipts from any State public school tax
levied by the General Assembly, to aid in support of public
schools, shall constitute what shall be known as the General
State School Fund. The Comptroller shall charge against
and pay as hereinbefore or hereinafter provided from the
General State School Fund, the annual appropriation made
by the General Assembly for the support of the State De-
partment of Education, including the expenses of the State
Board of Education, and the support and expenses of the
office of the State Superintendent of Schools; the annual
appropriation for the maintenance and support of the
State normal school at Towson, of the State normal
school No. 2 at Frostburg, and of the State normal
school No. 3 at Bowie, the annual appropriation for retired
teachers' pensions; the annual appropriation for State aid
to approved high schools; the annual appropriation for
State aid to approved colored industrial schools; the annual
appropriation for part payment by the State of the salaries
of county superintendents and of the superintendent of
schools of Baltimore City, and of supervising teachers or
helping teachers, in each of the several counties and the
City of Baltimore; the annual appropriation for payment
by the State of the entire salary of one attendance officer
in each of the several counties and the City of Baltimore;
the annual appropriation for the purchase of text books,
materials of instruction and school supplies; such special
appropriations to be known as an Equalization Fund, as
may, from time to time, be made by Budget Bill or Supple-
mentary Appropriation Bill, to the county boards of edu-
cation of certain counties to enable them to pay the mini-
mum salaries prescribed in this Article for county superin-
tendents, supervising teachers and helping teachers, high
school and elementary school teachers, and teachers in col-
ored schools, and the necessary costs of transporting pupils
to public elementary schools and not less than one-half of
the cost of transportation of pupils to public high schools
when such transportation is approved by the State Super-
intendent of Schools; provided, that the board of county
commissioners of each of the several counties sharing in
the Equalization Fund shall levy and collect an annual tax
for the schools of not less than forty-seven (47) cents
on each one hundred dollars($100) of assessable prop-
erty exclusive of the amount levied for debt service
and capital outlay for the Schools; provided, further,
that in any county, all funds which the county board