444                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 158

taken by the County Board of Education under condemna-
tion proceedings from five to ten acres.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted l"y the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 47 of Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Public Education, " sub-title "County
Board of Education, " be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

47. When land shall be required for the site of a school-
house, or for enlarging a school-house lot, or for playgrounds
or other school purposes, and the county board of education
shall for any cause be unable to contract with the owner or
owners thereof upon what they deem to be a fair valuation
thereof, the county board of education may institute proceed-
ings for the acquisition of such lands, in accordance with Arti-
cle 33A of the Annotated Code; but no lot so taken or en-
larged shall exceed, in the whole, ten acres, including the land
occupied by the school building.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1st, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.

CHAPTER 158.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 221
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of the Public General
Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924, title "Public Educa-
tion, " sub-title "Chapter 21. School Attendance, " regulat-
ing the required school attendance of children residing in
the counties of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 221 of Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, Edition of
1924, titled "Public Education, " sub-title "Chapter 21. School
Attendance, " be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: