446                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 159

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 36, 55, 227, 235, 235A, 235B and
236 of Article 77 of the 1929 Supplement to the Annotated
Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, entitled "Pub-
lic Education, " be, and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

36. The State Superintendent of Schools, subject to the
rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, shall
direct the taking of a biennial school census of all the children
in the counties of the State between the ages of 5 and 18 years
inclusive, said census to be taken first in the year 1922 and
every two years thereafter. The State Superintendent of
Schools may cause the whole or any part of the school census
of the City of Baltimore, or of any county, to be retaken at
any time, if in his judgment the whole or any part of such
census has not been properly or correctly taken. Whenever
the State Board of Education shall receive the school census
from the County Boards of Education and the Board of School
Commissioners of Baltimore City, which shall contain specific
data on each handicapped child, the State Superintendent of
Schools shall cause to be prepared a list of all handicapped
children shown therein with their names and addresses, and
shall furnish a copy thereof to the State Board of Health and
to the principals of the respective State schools for handicapped
children.

55. The County Board of Education shall, subject to the
direction of the State Superintendent of Schools and to the
rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, cause
to be taken, under the direction of the County Superintendent,
a biennial school census of all the children of the county be-
tween the ages of five and, eighteen years, inclusive, which shall
contain specific data on each handicapped child, said census to
be taken first in the year 1922, and every two years thereafter.
The County Superintendent shall cause, upon the direction at
any time of the State Superintendent of Schools, the whole or
any part of the school census of his county to be retaken. A
complete record of each such census when so taken shall be
promptly furnished by the County Board of Education to the
State Board of Education. Whosoever has under his control a
child between said ages and "withholds the information in his
possession from any officer demanding it, relating to the items
aforesaid, or makes any false statement in regard to the same,