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five to twenty years of age, inclusive, in all States. The
number of children five to twenty years of age shall be the
number shown by the most recent decennial census as cer-
tified by the Director of the Census to the Commissioner.
For the fiscal years ending in 1941, 1942, and 1943, these
funds shall be allotted to the States that have complied with
the provisions of this Act without respect to expenditures
by States and their local subdivisions for programs speci-
fied in this Act. Thereafter these payments shall be in
such proportion to the total amount of public funds expended
under the State plan as submitted under the provisions of
section 32 of this Act as is determined upon the basis of
the respective States’ matching, by State and local funds or
both, 10 per centum of the funds allotted to them respectively
under the provisions of any part of this Act, for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1944; 20 per centum for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1945; and 25 per centum for each
fiscal year thereafter: Provided, That in such matching of
funds, credit shall not be extended to States for moneys
received as gate receipts for athletic contests: Provided
further, That any States otherwise complying with the pro-
visions of this Act shall be allotted funds to an amount not
to exceed the ratio of Federal funds to State and local funds

required by the matching provisions of this section.