206 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

236-E. The County Commissioners may require the Treas-
urer to given as surety on the bond required of him by this
Article, and to be approved by him, one of the corporations
authorized by the laws of this State to become surety on official
bonds; and the Governor of the State may require the Treas-
urer to give surety on the bond required of him by this Article,
to be approved by the Governor, one of the corporations au-
thorized as aforesaid to become surety on official bonds; and in
all cases in which such requirement is made, or in any case in
which the Treasurer may give such surety without being re-
quired so to do, the County Commissioners shall pay the pre-
mium or charge for such suretyships, and shall reimburse to
the Treasurer any such charge or premium as he may have here-
tofore paid for such suretyships.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 24th, 1914.

CHAPTER 157.

AN ACT to pay to the School Commissioners of Garrett County a
sum of money out of the State school tax.

WHEREAS, In view of the pressure of the present apportionate,
especially upon Garrett County, of the State School tax, and the
inability, without larger increase of County taxation, to keep her
schools open for seven and one-half months, and in view of the
fact that mountain ridges so divide the population of Garrett
County, the largest County in the State in area, as to render
school facilities for all of the children more expensive than in
more central parts of the State; and

WHEREAS, It has been unanimously recommended by the State
Board of Education that such sum of money should be paid out
of the State School fund to the Board of School Commissioners
of Garrett County; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be and he is hereby
authorized and required to draw his warrant upon the Treas-
urer in favor of Garrett County School Board for the sum of
four thousand dollars per annum for two years out of the pro-
ceeds of the State School Tax before making apportionment
thereof; provided, .however, that no portion of said four thous-