J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                              401

Public Welfare", to follow immediately after Section 18 thereof,
and to be under the new sub-title "Local Tax Contributions"; to
repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20 of Article 30
of said Code (1960 Supplement), title "Deaf, Mute and Blind",
sub-title "In General"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,
Section 27 of said Article 30 and of said sub-title (1957 Edition);
to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 10 of Article 70A
(1960 Supplement), of said Code, title "Old Age Assistance"; to
repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 17 of said Article
70A (1957 Edition); to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,
Section 56 of Article 88A of said Code (1957 Edition), title "State
Department of Public Welfare", sub-title "Aid to Dependent
Children"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 13(b)
of said Article 88A (1957 Edition), sub-title "In General"; and
to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 13(b-l) of said
Article 88A (1960 Supplement), sub-title "In General", AND TO
ADD NEW SECTION 60A TO SAID ARTICLE 88A OF THE
CODE (1957 EDITION), TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER
SECTION 60 THEREOF AND TO BE UNDER THE NEW SUB-
TITLE "BOARDING CARE FOR CHILDREN", amending gen-
erally the laws with respect to public welfare in order to set a
limitation of a sum equal to Ten Cents (10¢) on each One Hundred
Dollars ($100) of assessable property as the aggregate contri-
bution required from each county or Baltimore City respectively,
under certain public welfare programs and relating to the taxes
required in said political subdivisions as contributions toward the
cost thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 18A is hereby added to Article 88A of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "State Department
of Public Welfare" to follow immediately after Section 18 thereof
and to be under the sub-title "Local Tax Contributions", and to read
as follows:

Local Tax Contributions

18A. Restricted to amount equal to 10 cents per hundred dollars
on assessable basis.

(a)  In Baltimore City and each of the counties, a sum equal to
ten cents on each hundred dollars of assessable property shall be the
maximum aggregate contribution required from each such local
government at any time under the several public welfare programs
and activities to which this section applies. This subsection is not
to be construed to impose the full amount of that maximum if other-
wise it would not be required.

(b)  This section applies to the following public welfare programs
and activities: (1) public assistance to the needy blind (with par-
ticular reference to Sections 20 and 27 of Article 30 of this Code);
(2) old age assistance (with particular reference to Sections 10 and
17 of Article 70A of this Code); (3) general public assistance; (4)
aid to permanently and totally disabled; (5) child welfare services;
(6) aid to dependent children (with particular reference to section
56 of Article 88A of this Code); (7) any other welfare activity
financed in whole or in part by funds of the State or the Federal
governments; and (8) administrative, retirement and social security