1162 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 619

(h) The County Commissioners of each county and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall levy sufficient
funds to meet the schedule of minimum salaries herein
established.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That during the
school years 1953-54 and 1954-55, being respectively in
the State fiscal years ending June 30, 1954, and June 30,
1955, each supervising teacher, supervisor of pupil per-
sonnel, and visiting teacher not receiving a salary accord-
ing to the schedules required in sub-sections (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), and (f) of Section 1 of this Act shall be entitled
to a salary increase of $300 in the. school year 1953-54, in
excess of the salary received at December 1, 1952, in
accordance with such supervising teacher's, supervisor's of
pupil personnel, and visiting teacher's years of teaching
and supervising service, and shall be entitled to a further
salary increase of $300 in the school year 1954-55, or a
total increase of $600 in excess of the salary received at
December 1, 1952, in accordance with such supervising
teacher's, supervisor's of pupil personnel, and visiting
teacher's years of teaching and supervising service; pro-
vided, however, that such salary increase of $300 in each
such respective school year shall be paid only to the extent
that it would not result in the salary received by any such
supervising teacher, supervisor of pupil personnel, or
visiting teacher being in excess of the amounts as required
in sub-sections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Section
1 of this Act and in accordance with the qualifications
and teaching and supervising service of any such super-
vising teacher, supervisor of pupil personnel, or visiting
teacher. Provided, further, that any County or Baltimore
City may pay at its own expense salaries in excess of those
provided in sub-sections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f)
of Section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That during the
school years 1953-54 and 1954-55, being respectively in
the State fiscal years ending on June 30, 1954, and June
30, 1955, no moneys shall be paid from the State Treasury
to or on account of any of the Boards of Education of the
counties of this State, or the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore City, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, in
any amount or amounts in excess of those to be paid
according to the provisions of Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), unless and until the
State Comptroller and the State Department of Education
shall have received satisfactory assurances from the Board
of Education of each such political sub-division, respec-