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a record of the name and address of each such handicapped
child so attending such special schools or classes, and of the
number of days each such child attended such schools or
classes, and of the cost of maintaining and operating the
same, including therein meals, nursing, therapeutic treat-
ment and transportation, wherever any of the same are fur-
nished such children. The information so recorded shall be
communicated by such city or counties to the State Board
of Education on or before the first day of August in each
and every year and shall be verified by said Board. The
Governor of this State shall include in his annual budget
such sum as he shall deem to be sufficient to meet the re-
quirements of the State's obligation under the provisions of
this section.

2350. It shall be the duty of the State Comptroller, upon
receipt of each such certificate from the State Board of Edu-
cation, as provided for in Section 235B hereof, to draw his
warrant on the State Treasurer, payable to such Board of
School Commissioners, and for such sum as may be shown in
such certificates, such warrant to be payable out of any avail-
able funds appropriated for that purpose, and the State Treas-
urer shall thereupon make payment accordingly; provided,
however, that if there be not sufficient funds available to fully
pay all such warrants, such funds as are so available shall be
pro-rated amongst all such warrants in the proportion that the
amount of each such warrant bears to the total amount of all
such warrants, and the deficiency shall thereafter be made up
when and as funds may be available therefor.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That one new section
be added to Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
1924 Edition, title "Health, " sub-title "State Board of Health, "'
to follow immediately after Section 15 thereof to be known as
Section 15A and to read as follows:

15A. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health,
upon receipt of reports of the names and addresses of physically
handicapped children as provided for in Article 77 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, to immediately cause each and
every such child to be visited by a deputy state health officer
or by any other qualified physician, if without expense to the
State, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature and extent of
the physical disability of each such child and whether or not