852                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 511

title "Public Education", sub-title "Chapter 4. County Board of
Education", to provide that the County Board of Education and
the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City may cause
to be taken, under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools,
a school census of the children of the county under eighteen years
of age.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 64 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-title "Chapter 4.
County Board of Education", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows:

64. The County Board of Education and the Board of School Com-
missioners of Baltimore City [shall,] may [subject to the direction of
the State Superintendent of Schools and to the rules and regulations
of the State Board of Education,] cause to be taken, under the direc-
tion of the [County]

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COUNTY SUPER-
INTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF BALTIMORE CITY, a [biennial]
school census of [all] the children [of the county between the ages of
five and eighteen years, inclusive, which shall contain specific data on
each handicapped child, said census to be taken first in the year
1922, and every two years thereafter. The County Superintendent
shall cause, upon the direction at any time of the State Superintendent
of Schools, the whole or any part of the school census of his county
to be retaken. A complete record of each such census when so taken
shall be promptly furnished by the County Board of Education to the
State Board of Education] under eighteen years of age. Whosoever
has under his control a child [between said ages] under eighteen
years of age and withholds the information in his possession from any
officer demanding it, relating to the items aforesaid, or makes any
false statement in regard to the same, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and be fined not more than Twenty Dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 18, 1955.

CHAPTER 511
(House Bill 637)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 24, 43 and 155 of Article 77 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Public Education",
sub-titles "Chapter 3. State Board of Education", "Chapter 3A.
State Superintendent of Schools" and "Chapter 11. County Super-
intendent of Schools", said sections relating to a biennial school
census.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.