1634                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 744

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 59 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle
"County Board of Education," be and it is hereby repealed and new
Section 59 be and it is hereby enacted to stand in the place of the
section repealed, to read as follows:

59.

[Schools on or near the dividing line of two counties shall be free
to the children of each county; and the county board of education of
respective counties shall have power to provide jointly for the main-
tenance of said schools.]

Schools in one county (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving
county") but near the dividing line of an adjoining county shall
be free to the children of the adjoining county to the extent herein-
after provided. The county boards of education of the two counties
shall have the power to provide jointly for the maintenance and sup-
port of such schools in the receiving county and to determine the
geographical attendance areas and other attendance policies of the
two counties for all such schools in the receiving county.

Should the two county boards of education fail to agree as to the
geographical attendance areas and other attendance policies and
the amount of maintenance and support each should give to such
schools, the State Superintendent of Schools shall decide the matter,
provided that the receiving county is granted one hundred percent
(100%) of the cost of educating said child in the receiving county,
or in the forwarding county, whichever is greater.

The receiving county shall receive, as a minimum, for each pupil
from the adjoining county who attends such schools the basic founda-
tion State aid per pupil authorized by Section 220 of this article for
the adjoining county or for the receiving county, whichever is
greater.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 744
(House Bill 1199)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 172 (c)
of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Insurance," subtitle "11. Agents and Bro-
kers," increasing the term of certain temporary licenses the Insur-
ance Commissioner is permitted to issue.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 172 (c) of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Insurance," subtitle "11.
Agents and Brokers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows: