484 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 263

State fiscal years ending June 30, 1954 and June 30, 1955,
each teacher and principal, not receiving a salary accord-
ing to the schedules set forth in Section 1, Section 2 and
Section 3 of this Act, shall be entitled to a salary increase
of $300. 00 in the school year 1953-1954, in excess of the
salary received at December 1, 1952 in accordance with
such teacher's years of teaching experience, and shall be
entitled to a further salary increase of $300. 00 in the school
year 1954-1955, or a total increase of $600. in excess of the
salary received at December 1, 1952 in accordance with
such teacher's years of teaching experience; provided,
however, that such salary increase of $300, 00 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
teacher being in excess of the amounts as set forth in
Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3 of this Act in accordance
with the qualifications and teaching experience of any such
teacher. Provided, further, that any County or Baltimore
City may pay at its own expense salaries in excess of those
provided in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That during the school
years 1953-1954 and 1954-1955, 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 ac-
cording 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-
tively, that during the particular year it will pay the
teachers therein according to a salary schedule which
is not less in any particular than that paid by the political
sub-division as of December 1, 1952. If the Board of Edu-
cation of any County or the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore during the school years 1953-1954 and 1954-1955
shall pay its teachers according to a salary schedule which
is less in any particular than that paid as of December
1, 1952, after having received from the State Treasury
in either year any such excess funds under the provisions
of this Act, the amount so paid shall be deducted and with-
held from the next subsequent payment or payments of
such excess funds to the Board of Education of any County
or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore under the