ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 971

the care and education of the Maryland School for the Blind,
from the City of Baltimore or any one of the Counties in the
State, the said city or county, as the case may be, shall as
herein specified, pay to the Maryland School for the Blind the
sum of Two Hundred ($200. 00) Dollars per annum for the
care and education of such blind minor or colored deaf minor.
The expenses for the care and education of all blind minors
or colored deaf minors in The Maryland School for the Blind,
shall be a charge upon each county and City of Baltimore com-
mitting such blind or colored deaf minors to The Maryland
School for the Blind, as hereinafter provided. It shall be the
duty of the Board of Directors of The Maryland School for
the Blind to furnish to each county treasurer, and to the Comp-
troller of the City of Baltimore having blind or colored deaf
minors committed to The Maryland School for the Blind, a
quarterly statement giving the number of such blind or colored
deaf minors; and the name of each from and charged to such
county or the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, and the
cost of maintenance and education due from said county and
the City of Baltimore for such blind or colored deaf minor.

The Board of County Commissioners of each county, and
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are hereby authorized
and required to levy annually upon the assessable property of
each of said counties and said city respectively, an amount
equal to two hundred ($200. 00) dollars for each blind minor
or colored deaf minor committed to the care and education of
The Maryland School for the Blind from said counties and
said city, as the case may be.

The total amount of annual tax levied by the said counties
and said city shall not be less than a sum sufficient to provide
for the number of blind and colored deaf minors committed
from said counties or said city based upon the previous year's
certification by the Board of Directors of The Maryland School
for the Blind to the said counties and to the said city; and the
Board of county commissioners of said counties, and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, shall pay to The Maryland
School for the Blind, at the end of each quarter of the calendar
year an amount equal to fifty ($50. 00) dollars for each blind
minor or colored deaf minor committed to the care and educa-
tion of The Maryland School for the Blind, multiplied by the
number of blind minors and colored deaf minors certified to

the Treasurer of the respective counties and the Comptroller
of Baltimore City by the Board of Directors of The Maryland