800 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 271

included in the next succeeding levy forthwith paid in the
State Treasury. Should any county or the City of Baltimore
fail to levy a tax in said county or city for said amount when
due said State, and 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 of said counties in
the Circuit Court of said counties, or against the City of
Baltimore in the Superior 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 a 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 the penalty
of interest at one per cent, per month upon the amount of
indebtedness for each month, until payment thereof and pen-
alty thereon be paid. It shall be the duty of the County
Treasurer and the Comptroller of Baltimore upon the collec-
tion of 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 Janu-
ary 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 Workshop for the
Blind. 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 adult blind committed to
the Maryland Workshop for the Blind, and shall not be trans-
ferred to any fund by the State, City or County authorities.
Whenever the Maryland Workshop for the Blind holds an
adult blind as from one county or the City of Baltimore, and
the County Commissioners of such county, or the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore makes a claim that such adult
blind 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 adult blind
is not a proper charge against their county or the City of
Baltimore, as the case may be; and shall claim that the said