1406 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 797

20. The Superintendents and all other employees of said
institutions shall continue in their employment under the
provisions of Article 64A of the Code, despite the passage
of this Act. Any replacements or additional employees
shall be selected by the respective Boards in accordance
with the provisions of said Article, except that the Boards
of Public Welfare shall prescribe the minimum qualifica-
tions for such personnel. In the event of a vacancy in the
position of Superintendent of any of said institutions, the
vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Managers.

21. For each child committed to the State Department
of Public Welfare and placed in the custody of any of the
training schools aforesaid, the County (or Baltimore City)
where the child resided at the time of his or her commit-
ment, shall be chargeable with the sum of one hundred and
eighty dollars ($180) per annum, for the care and training
of each child, and the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25) per
annum for each child placed on parole by said Depart-
ment. It shall be the duty of the State Department of
Public Welfare to furnish to the County Commissioners of
each County, and to the Comptroller of Baltimore City a
quarterly statement giving the number and names of all
children, the cost of whose maintenance and supervision is
chargeable thereto, and the amounts due therefor. Said
Department shall likewise certify to the State Comptroller
the amounts due from the several counties and Baltimore
City as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the Comp-
troller to collect the same from said Counties and City.

22. The County Commissioners of each County and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are authorized and
directed to levy annually upon the assessable property in
each of said counties or city, a sum sufficient to pay the
charges aforesaid. Should any County or Baltimore City
fail to levy a tax sufficient to pay said charges, the Comp-
troller shall enforce said obligation by an action of man-
damus, the withholding of any moneys due to said County
or City, or by other appropriate action. If any County, or
Baltimore City, shall claim that any child is not a proper
charge against it, or otherwise question the correctness of
the amount due, it shall be entitled to a hearing before the
Comptroller, and the decision of the Comptroller as to any
questions of fact, or as to the residence of any child, shall
be final and conclusive.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Section 142 of
Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative De-