THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 485

provisions of this Act, until the amount paid is equalled
by the amount deducted and withheld. The amount de-
ducted and withheld shall be returned to the general funds
of the State.

SEC. 7. 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, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion, as amended), if the Board of Education of any County
or the Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore
shall be required by reason of the provisions of Section 1,
Section 2, Section 3 or Section 5 of this Act to pay its
teachers according to a salary schedule which is greater in
any particular than the salary schedule paid as of Decem-
ber 1, 1952, the State shall pay to the Board of Education
of any County or the City of Baltimore an amount of money
equal to the net aggregate of such payments in excess of
the salary schedule in effect at December 1, 1952, in any
such county or the City of Baltimore.

(a) Provided, however, that such payments to the Board
of Education of any County or the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Baltimore shall be made independently from
and in addition to any payments made 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, under the Equalization Fund established in Article
77, and provided further 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, the
calculation of payments to be made to the Board of Educa-
tion of any County or the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more under the Equalization Fund formula as used by the
State Department of Education shall be based on the State
minimum salary schedule in effect at December 1, 1952.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That during the school
years 1953-1954 and 1954-1955, being respectively in the
State fiscal years ending June 30, 1954, and June 30, 1955,
the Board of Education of each County and the Mayor
and City Council of the City of Baltimore shall each be
entitled to, and shall be paid in each such respective year,
the sum of forty dollars ($40. 00) and the sum of eighty
dollars ($80. 00) for each classroom unit in operation in
such County or City, respectively, computed on a full-time
teacher basis. Such payments of forty dollars ($40. 00)
and eighty dollars ($80. 00) in each such respective year