200 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 118

forty (140) actual school days in each year; and such high
schools shall be entitled to State aid when approved by the
State Board of Education as provided for other high schools.

SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That Section 138 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Public
Education," sub-title "Source and Distribution of Income,"
as the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 488 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments,
so as to read as follows:

138. After all deductions are made from the general state
school fund as provided for in Section (133) of this Article,
the Comptroller shall apportion on or before the last day of
September, the remainder of the general state school fund of
each year to the several counties and the City of Baltimore,
as follows: Two-thirds shall be apportioned on the basis of
the population between the ages of six and fourteen years as
given by the Federal Census of 1920 which shall be the basis
until 1924, after which time by annual school census as pro-
vided in Section 21-B, 25-M and 75 of this Article; and one-
third shall be apportioned upon the basis of the aggregate
days of school attendance during the preceding school year as
certified by the State Superintendent of Schools; provided
that the attendance of pupils in a State-aided high school
shall not be counted in apportioning the general state school
fund.

SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That Section 144
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Pub-
lic Education," sub-title "Colored Industrial Schools." as
the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 506 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1916, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments,
so as to read as follows:

144. The Comptroller, upon receiving the certificate of
approval from the State Superintendent of Schools, is hereby
authorized and directed to issue his warrant, each year, upon
the Treasurer of the State for the sum of fifteen hundred dol-
lars, payable to the order of the treasurer of the county board
of education that has inaugurated such a colored industrial
school, in equal quarterly instalments, at the time when the
general State school fund is distributed, as provided for in
this Article. One-half of said appropriation shall be used for