1310 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 654

days before the end of the fiscal year for which such appro-
priation is made, whether and to what extent the unexpended
balance of such appropriation, if any there will be at the end
of said fiscal year, is needed to meet obligations incurred dur-
ing that year and which will be unpaid at the end thereof.
Any unexpended balance of such appropriation, against which
there will be no such outstanding obligations at the end of the
fiscal year,, shall revert to the Treasury of the State at the end
of the fiscal year; provided, however, that appropriations for
the acquisition of land, buildings, equipment and new con-
struction shall be available for such purposes subsequent to the
fiscal year for which the same are made, if approval of the
Governor is obtained before the end of such fiscal year; other-
wise such appropriation which may be unexpended or unap-
propriated as above set out shall revert in the same manner and.
to the same extent as other appropriations.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any additional
funds from any source whatever in excess of the appropria-
tions herein made shall come into the hands of any depart-
ment, board, commission, officer, or institution of the State,
the same may be expended by such department, board, com-
mission, officer or institution, with the approval of the Gov-
ernor; any such excess not so expended shall revert to the
Treasury of the State at the end of the fiscal year in which
the same is received by such department, board, commission,
officer or institution, unless there shall be an outstanding
obligation against the same incurred with the approval of the
Governor.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all funds in the State
Treasury at the end of each fiscal year, which are not directly
obligated by some specific appropriation herein or hereinbe-
fore made, shall, at the end of each fiscal year, revert to the
general Treasury of the State, whether the same be now carried
as special funds or general funds; provided, however, that this
section shall not apply to the State Accident Fund, nor to the
State Game Protection Fund, nor to the receipts from the
Public School Tax which may be in the Treasury prior to the
beginning of the fiscal year in which they are appropriated.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That where any increase
is made herein in any salaries fixed by any Act of the General.
Assembly heretofore enacted, the passage of this Act shall: