498 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 278

compensation administration fund, and said moneys are here-
by made available to the Maryland Reemployment Service
to be expended as provided by this section and by said Act of
Congress. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining
free public employment offices, the Board is authorized to enter
into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board, or any
other agency of the United States charged with the adminis-
tration of an unemployment compensation law, with any politi-
cal subdivision of this State, or with any private, nonprofit or-
ganization, and as a part of any such agreement the Board
may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to
the Reemployment Service account.

Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund.

13. (a) Special Fund. There is hereby created in the State
treasury a special fund to be known as the unemployment
compensation administration fund. All moneys in this fund
shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost
of the administration of this Act, and for no other purpose
whatsoever. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated
by this State, and all moneys received from the United States
of America, or any agency thereof, including the Social Secu-
rity Board, The Railroad Retirement Board, and the United
States Employment Service, or from any other source, for
such purpose. All moneys in this fund shall be deposited, ad-
ministered, and disbursed, in the same manner and under the
same conditions and requirements as is provided by law for
other special funds in the State treasury. Moneys received
from the Railroad Retirement Board as compensation for serv-
ices or facilities supplied to said Board shall be paid into this
fund and the Re-employment Service account thereof, on the
same basis as expenditures are made for such services or facil-
ities from such fund and account. Any balances in this fund
shall not lapse at any time, but shall be continuously available
to the Board for expenditure consistent with this Act. The
State treasurer shall give a separate and additional bond con-
ditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties in con-
nection with the unemployment compensation administration
fund in an amount to be fixed by the Board and in a form
prescribed by law or approved by the Attorney General. The
premiums for such bond and the premiums for the bond cov-
ering¹ the unemployment compensation fund under Section 9
of this Act, shall be paid from the moneys in the unemploy-
ment compensation administration fund.

Collection of Contributions.

14. (a) Interest on Past-Due Contributions. Contributions
unpaid on the date on which they are due and payable, as