626 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 360

and shall fail at the time of levying other county or city taxes
thereafter, to levy the tax aforesaid, to an amount sufficient
to pay the indebtedness subsequently incurred, it shall be the

duty of the Attorney General to bring in the name of the
State an action against any said county, in the Circuit Court
for said county, or against the City of Baltimore, in the Supe-
rior Court of Baltimore City, so failing aforesaid, to enforce

the levying of said tax, for the recovery of the amount due
the State, as aforesaid. Upon the failure of any county or
the City of Baltimore to levy such tax as aforesaid to an
amount sufficient to pay the amount then due the State, it
shall be the duty of the State Comptroller to charge such
delinquent county or said city with a penalty of interest at

one per cent per month upon the amount of indebtedness for

each month until payment thereof and penalty thereon be
paid. It shall be the duty of the County Treasurer and the
Mayor and the City Council of Baltimore, upon the collection

of the taxes herein required to be levied, to pay unto the
State Treasurer the amount due and owing from said county
or city at the time and in the manner required for the pay-
ment of State taxes collected, and the State Treasurer and
the State Comptroller shall, upon the first day of July and

January, in each year, transfer the full amount received from
the counties and the City of Baltimore, under the provisions

of this Article, to the account of the Maryland Training School
for Boys. Taxes levied and collected in any county or the

City of Baltimore for the purpose named in this Article,

shall be used to defray the expenses of the white male minors
committed to the Maryland Training School for Boys, or
paroled, and under the control of said school and shall not be
diverted to any other purpose, nor be transferred to any other
fund by the State, city or county authorities. Whenever the
Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School for
Boys holds a white male minor as from one county or the City
of Baltimore, or the County Commissioners of such county
or the Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore makes

claim that such white male minor is not a proper charge
against the said county or the City of Baltimore, and such
County Commissioners or the Mayor and City Council of the
City of Baltimore, shall notify the State Comptroller that it is
claimed that such white male minor is not a proper charge
against their county or the City of Baltimore, as the case may