J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             909

122. (h)

In any general election in Washington County, the titles of offices
shall he arranged with the names of candidates for an office alpha-
betically arranged under the title of the office opposite a party name
or designation. Candidates of different THE SAME party designa-
tions shall appear on separate THE SAME horizontal lines

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 601
(House Bill 201)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 68 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Public Education", sub-title "County Board of Education", pro-
viding in Montgomery County for the submission to the County
Commissioners of the annual school budget not less than forty-five
days before the usual date for levying County taxes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 68 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-title "County Board
of Education", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

68. Annual school budget; county school tax.

The county board of education, each year, beginning with the
year 1916, shall prepare, subject to the rules and regulations of the
State Board of Education and on and with the advice of the county
superintendent, an itemized and detailed school budget, showing the
unexpended balance on hand or in the treasury of the county board
of education for each specific purpose allowed and levied by the
county commissioners at the preceding levy, the amount of money
needed for permanent improvements and repairs, and for current
repairs, furniture for old buildings, maintenance and support of the
schools during the succeeding school year, also the estimated total
amount that will be received from the State, which shall be used for
paying teachers' salaries and purchasing textbooks, materials of
instruction, and school supplies; and finally the amount that will be
needed to be raised by local taxation. This annual school budget'
shall be submitted in writing, not less than twenty days before the
usual date for levying county taxes, to the board of county commis-
sioners; at the same time a copy of this annual budget shall also be
submitted to the board of county commissioners and to the State
Superintendent of Schools. The annual school budget shall be sub-
mitted in writing in Montgomery County not less than forty-five days
before the usual date for levying county taxes. The board of county
commissioners are hereby authorized, empowered, directed, and
required to levy and collect such tax upon the assessable property of