THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 487

in the larger counties and Baltimore City; the annual ap-
propriation for the education of handicapped children, the
annual appropriation for administration and [supervisors]
supervision of vocational education in public high and voca-
tional schools, for physical education and recreation, for
medical examination of teachers and school bus drivers,
for case and guidance service for handicapped individuals
needing vocational rehabilitation, for equivalence examina-
tions, for pub/lie libraries, and for adult education; the
annual appropriation per classroom unit as required in this
Article; the annual appropriation per pupil enrolled as
required in this Article; such special appropriations to be
known as an incentive fund for the purpose of granting
State aid to the counties and to the City of Baltimore to
finance the construction of school buildings and school
facilities, as may from time to time be made by budget bill
or supplementary appropriation bill, to the boards of educa-
tion of each County and to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore; and such special appropriations to be known as
an Equalization Fund, as may from time to time, be made
by budget bill or supplementary appropriation bill, to the
county boards of education of certain Counties and to the
Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore, to enable
them to pay the minimum salaries prescribed in this Article
for high school and elementary school teachers and the
necessary costs of transporting pupils to public schools
when such transportation is approved by the State Super-
intendent of Schools, [and provided, that]

(c) The Board of County Commissioners of each of the
several Counties and the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to be eligible to share in the Equalization Fund shall
levy an annual tax for the schools of not less than sixty-five
cents (65¢) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of assess-
able property, exclusive of the amount levied for debt service
and capital outlay for the schools, provided, however, that
beginning as of July 1, 1955 and continuing thereafter, the
Board of County Commissioners of each of the several
Counties and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
City, to be eligible to share in the Equalization Fund, shall
levy an annual tax for the schools of not less than 75¢ on
each $100 of assessable property, exclusive of the amount
levied for debt service and capital outlay for the schools.

[provided, further, that]

(d) In any county, all funds which the County Board
of Education and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
may be authorized to expend for schools, other than State