388 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 122

CHAPTER 122
(Senate Bill 79)

AN ACT to add a new Section 182A to Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-
title "Chapter 16, Public Libraries", to follow immediately after
Section 182 thereof, for the purpose of establishing a local-State
cooperative program for supporting the current operating expenses
of approved public library programs on a per capita basis start-
ing as of July 1,

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AND TO RE-
PEAL AND RE-ENACT, WITH AMENDMENTS, SECTION 182
(C) OF SAID ARTICLE AND SUB-TITLE, AMENDING THE
LAW WITH RESPECT TO PAYMENTS OF STATE AID FOR
CURRENT EXPENSES OF LIBRARIES UNDER SAID SUB-
TITLE, AND RELATING TO THE AMOUNT AND USE OF
SUCH STATE AID.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 182A be and it is hereby added to Article 77 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Public Edu-
cation", sub-title "Chapter 16, Public Libraries", to follow immediate-
ly after Section 182 thereof, and to read as follows:

182A. Local-State funds for current expenses of county public
libraries.

(a) Definitions.

(1) "County" includes Baltimore City.

(2) The population figures used in this section shall be those ob-
tained from the Federal decennial census and in the intervening
years from estimates prepared by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of
the State Department of Health.

(3) "Taxable wealth" used in computing State aid herein shall be
the assessable property in each county as determined by the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation

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(4) "Expenditures in which the State shares" shall be the current
operating expenditures of approved Public Libraries participating in
the cooperative program under the provisions of this section within
the limits provided in sub-section (c).

(5) Local and State Share of Cost of Cooperative Program. The
taxable wealth of each county and of the State as a whole shall be

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