J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1305

stitution. No member of the board, nor any of its employees, shall
be directly or indirectly interested in any contract for building, re-
pairing, equipping or furnishing material or supplies of any kind
to, or be financially interested in any contract with said institution.
Members of the board shall receive no salary for their services but
shall be paid for necessary expenses incident to the performance of
their duties.

(c)    The superintendent and all other employees of said institu-
tion shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article
64A of the Code. In the event of a vacancy in the position of super-
intendent, the vacancy shall be filled by the State Department of
Public Welfare, in accordance with the provisions of said Article.
Any replacements or additional employees shall be selected by the
superintendent in accordance with the provisions of said Article. The
State Department of Public Welfare shall prescribe the minimum
qualifications for all personnel.

(d)    For each child committed to and placed in the custody of
said institution, the county, (or Baltimore City) where the child
resided at the time of his or her commitment, shall be chargeable
with the sum of one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) per annum,
for the care and training of each child. It shall be the duty of the
State Department of Public Welfare, or its agent or agents to furnish
to the county commissioners of each county, and to the comptroller
of Baltimore City a quarterly statement giving the number and
names of all children, the cost of whose maintenance and supervision
is chargeable thereto, and the amounts due therefor. Said Depart-
ment shall likewise certify to the State Comptroller the amounts
due from the several counties and Baltimore City as aforesaid, and
it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to collect the same from said
counties and city.

(e)    The county commissioners of each county and the mayor and
city council of Baltimore are authorized and directed to levy annually
upon the assessable property in each of said counties or city, a sum
sufficient to pay the charges aforesaid. Should any county or Balti-
more City fail to levy a tax sufficient to pay said charges, the Comp-
troller shall enforce said obligation by an action of mandamus, the
withholding of any moneys due to said county or city, or by other
appropriate action. If any county, or Baltimore City, shall claim
that any child is not a proper charge against it, or otherwise question
the correctness of the amount due, it shall be entitled to a hearing
before the Comptroller, and the decision of the Comptroller as to
any questions of fact, or as to the residence of any child, shall be
final and conclusive.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 819
(House Bill 841)

AN ACT relating to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission,
to add new Section 83-102A to the Public Local Laws of Prince