ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 799

duty of the Maryland Workshop for the Blind to furnish each
County Treasurer, and the Comptroller of the City of Balti-
more having adult blind committed to the Maryland Work-
shop for the Blind, a quarterly statement giving the numbers
of such adult blind, and the name of each from and charged to
such county or City of Baltimore, as the case may be, and
the cost of maintenance and education due from said county
and City of Baltimore for such adult blind.

The Maryland Workshop for the Blind shall certify to the
State Comptroller within ten days after the first day of
January, April, July and October of each year, the amount
not previously certified to him that is due the Maryland Work-
shop for the Blind, from the several counties and the City of
Baltimore having adult blind chargeable thereto; and the said
Comptroller shall pass the same to the credit of the Maryland
Workshop for the Blind. The State Comptroller shall there-
upon notify the County Treasurer of each county and the
Comptroller of the City of Baltimore, respectively, as owing
to the amount thereof, and charge same to the county or City
of Baltimore, as the case may be; and the Board of County
Commissioners of each county, and the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore are hereby authorized and required to levy
annually upon the assessable property of each of said counties
and city respectively an amount equal to $250. 00 for each
adult blind committed to the care of the Maryland, Workshop
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 adult blind committed from said counties or
said city based on previous years certification by the Maryland
Workshop for the Blind to the said counties and to the said
city; and the Board of County Commissioners and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, shall pay into the State
Treasury at the end of each quarter an amount equal to
sixty-two dollars and fifty cents ($62. 50) for each adult blind
committed to the care and education of the Maryland Work-
shop for the Blind multiplied by the number of adult blind
certified to the Comptroller of the State by the Maryland
Workshop for the Blind as of the first day of January, April,
July and October, respectively, each year. Any balance from
said levy at the end of the year shall revert to the treasury of
said counties or said city, and any deficiency, if any, shall be