LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 252

their respective jurisdictions, mentioned in Sections 1 and 2
of this Act, together with the salaries paid to each during the
said scholastic year 1917-1918. Thereupon the State Superin
tendent of Schools shall certify to the State Comptroller before
the 15th day of June, 1918, the total amounts due by the State
under this Act to the said teachers in each county of the State
and in the City of Baltimore; and the State Comptroller shall
thereupon draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for said
respective amounts, and the State Treasurer shall thereupon
pay the same, respectively, to the Treasurer of the County
Board of Education in each county and to the Treasurer of the
Board of School Commissioners in Baltimore City, who in turn
shall, respectively, pay the amounts by this Act provided to the
teachers entitled to the same in their respective jurisdictions.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the aggregate
amount payable by the State, upon the basis specified in Sec-
tions 1 and 2 of this Act, shall exceed the sum of $150,000 ap-
propriated by section 1 item 22 of the Budget Bill (which said
appropriation is intended to be for the purposes of this Act),
then the amounts payable by the State to the teachers as afore-
said shall, respectively, be proportionately reduced, and if on
the other hand the aggregate amount so payable by the State
shall be less than the said sum of $150,000, then the difference
between said aggregate amount and the said sum of $150,000
shall be paid by the State to and among teachers, of the quali-
fications above specified, receiving higher salaries than those
hereinbefore mentioned, in the order of the amount of such
salaries, and in the proportions and manner specified; all to
the end that the aggregate amount paid by the State shall in
any event be not more or less than the said sum of $150,000 ap-
propriated for the purpose.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all
the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its pas-
sage.

Approved April 10th, 1918.