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21. For each child committed to 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 commitment, 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. It shall be
the duty of the State Department of Public Welfare, or its
agent or agents, 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 there-
to, and the amounts due therefor. Said Department shall like-
wise 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 Comptroller to collect the same from said
Counties and City.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved February 28, 1945.

CHAPTER 172.

(House Bill 73)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 882
of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
and Baltimore City Charter (1938 Edition), title "Baltimore
City", sub-title "Police Commissioner", said section having
been amended by Chapter 323 of the Acts of 1943, relating to
seniority rating for members of the Police Force for time
spent in the Armed Forces of the United States during the
present war.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 882 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland and Baltimore City Charter (1938 Edition),
title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Police Commissioner", said
section having been amended by Chapter 323 of the Acts of
1943, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

882. The time spent by any member of the Police Force in
military service during the World War or in the armed forces
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