102 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 64

SEC. 3. And "be it further enacted, That Section 92 of Arti-
cle 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition)
title "Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments'',
sub-title "Finance Department", be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Article 78 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition) title "Purchas-
ing Bureau" as amended by Chapter 277 of the Acts of 1929
and Chapter 226 of the Acts of 1937, be and the same is hereby
repealed.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That a new Article be
and the same is hereby added to the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1935 Suppl. ) said new Article to follow immediately
after Article 15, to be known as Article 15A, to be entitled
"Budget and Procurement" and to read as follows:

ARTICLE 15-A

BUDGET AND PROCUREMENT

Budgetary Administration

1. The several amounts set out in every appropriation bill
passed by both Houses of the General Assembly, or so much
thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes des-
ignated, shall be paid by the Treasurer, on warrant of the
Comptroller, upon requisition of the respective departments,
boards, commissions, officers and institutions of the State, and
expended for the several purposes specified in every such bill,
subject to the provisions of this sub-title.

2. Every department, board, commission, officer and insti-
tution receiving an appropriation for operating expenses, and
every State agency whose expenses are paid out of fees col-
lected, shall notify the Comptroller, at least ten days before
the end of the fiscal year for which such appropriation is
made, whether and to what extent the unexpended balance of
such appropriation, if any there will be at the end of the
said fiscal year, is needed to meet obligations incurred dur-
ing that year and which will be unpaid at the end thereof.
Any unexpended balance of such appropriation, against which
there will be no outstanding obligations at the end of the fiscal
year, except balances from sources dedicated by any Act of
Congress or by the laws of the State to some specific purpose
or purposes, shall revert to the General Treasury of the State
at the end of the fiscal year.