198 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 118

changes to the Comptroller. In the event that the amount
due all high schools eligible for State aid exceeds the amount
appropriated therefor, then the amount appropriated may be
pro rated among such high schools.

128. Each county high school in the first group shall receive
State aid on the basis of the cost of instruction, and in the fol-
lowing manner: The sum of six hundred dollars ($600) on ac-
count of the principal, and the sum of four hundred dollars
(400) on account of each of the first two assistants employed
for high school work; the sum of three hundred (300) dollars
on account of each of the first two special teachers; the sum
of three hundred dollars (300) on account of the next assist-
ant teacher employed for regular high school work, and the
sum of one hundred (100) dollars on account of each addi-
tional high school teacher, provided the total amount does not
exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000). For high
schools in Batlimore City, the amount on account of each of
the five schools shall be three thousand five hundred (3.500)
dollars. In this Chapter the term "Special Teacher" shall be
construed to mean a teacher of commercial, manual, or indus-
trial training, home economics, agricultural branches, music,
physical education, fine or applied arts. Each county high
school in the second group shall receive State aid on the basis
of the cost of instruction, and in the following manner: One-
half the salary of the principal not exceeding the sum of six
hundred (600) dollars, the sum of four hundred (400) dol-
lars, on account of one assistant teacher; each high school of
the third group shall receive State aid on the basis of the cost
of instruction and in the following manner: One-half the
salary of the principal, not exceeding five hundred (500) dol-
lars.

State aid shall not be allowed for the third assistant em-
ployed in any high school unless such high school has an
enrollment of at least sixty-five bona fide high school pupils
and an average daily attendance of at least fifty pupils; and
State aid shall not be allowed for the fourth assistant em-
ployed in any high school unless such high school has an en-
rollment of at least ninety-five bona fide high school pupils,
and an average daily attendance of seventy-five pupils: and
State aid shall not be allowed for the fifth assistant employed
in any high school unless such high school has an enrollment
of one hundred twenty-five bona fide high school pupils and