facilities, and parks and recreation buildings and facilities, together with the costs of
acquiring land or interests in land as well as any related architectural, financial,
legal, planning, or engineering services.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the County is hereby
authorized to finance any part or all of the costs of the public facilities described in
Section 1 of this Act, and to borrow money and incur indebtedness for that purpose, at
one time or from time to time, in an amount not exceeding, in the aggregate,
$25,000,000 and to evidence such borrowing by the issuance and sale upon its full
faith and credit of general obligation bonds in like par amount, which may be issued
at one time or from time to time, in one or more groups or series, as the County may
determine.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the bonds shall be
issued in accordance with a resolution of the County, which shall describe generally
the construction, improvement, or development of public facilities for which the
proceeds of the bond sale are intended and the amount needed for those purposes. The
County shall have and is hereby granted full and complete authority and discretion in
the resolution to fix and determine with respect to the bonds of any issue; the
designation, date of issue, denomination or denominations, form or forms, and tenor
of the bonds; the rate or rates of interest payable thereon, or the method of
determining the same, which may include a variable rate; the date or dates and
amount or amounts of maturity, which need not be in equal par amounts or in
consecutive annual installments, provided only that no bond of any issue shall mature
later than 30 years from the date of its issue; the manner of selling the bonds, which
may be at either public or private sale, for such price or prices as may be determined
to be for the best interests of St. Mary's County; the manner of executing and sealing
the bonds, which may be by facsimile; the terms and conditions, if any, under which
bonds may be tendered for payment or purchase prior to their stated maturity; the
terms or conditions, if any, under which bonds may or shall be redeemed prior to their
stated maturity; the place or places of payment of the principal of and the interest on
the bonds, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the State of
Maryland; covenants relating to compliance with applicable requirements of federal
income tax law, including (without limitation) covenants regarding the payment of
rebate or penalties in lieu of rebate; covenants relating to compliance with applicable
requirements of federal or state securities laws; and generally all matters incident to
the terms, conditions, issuance, sale, and delivery thereof.

The bonds may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the County,
at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the
County prior to the issuance of the bonds, either in the resolution or in a bond order
pursuant to the bond resolution. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered
form or both, and provision may be made for the registration of the principal only, or
of both principal and interest, of bonds having coupons attached, and for the
reconversion of bonds into coupon form if any bond has been registered as to both
principal and interest. In case any officer whose signature appears on any bond or on
any coupon attached thereto ceases to be such officer before the delivery thereof, such
signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had