STATEMENT A—6—Continued

In connection with the General Public School Construction Loans, the Attorney General has advised:

1. That participating counties do not become a debtor of the State of Maryland by reason of their participation in the State School Construction Program after January 1, 1958,
since Chapter 86 expressly provides that: "The indebtedness of any county.... shall not be considered to be increased by reason of the receipt by said county .... after January
1, 1958, of money from participation by such political subdivision in the General Public School Construction Loan of 1966 authorized by Chapter 80 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1966, or any similar act passed or to be hereafter passed".

2. The participating counties are not obliged to levy taxes in rate and amount sufficient to repay the principal and interest on funds received by it from the State as a result
of its participation in the State School Construction Program, since Chapter 86 expressly provides that "No county .... shall be required to levy ad valorem taxes upon its tax-
able basis for the purpose of repaying to the State any such money received during the calendar year 1958 or any subsequent year, or the interest or carrying charges with respect
to such money, by said counties . . . .".

8. It is not necessary for the county to include in its schedule of "bonded debtedness" amounts received by it after January 1, 1958, from the State School Construction Pro-
gram since there are no bonds issued by the county in connection with the funds received, and Chapter 86, as above set forth, specifically provides that the indebtedness of any
county shall not be considered to be increased by reason of its receipts after January 1, 1958 of such funds.

The following counties are participating to the extent indicated in the General Public School Construction Loan of 1953 and 1956 under the provision of Chapter 86 of the
Acts of 1958:

		General Public	General Public	General Public	General Public	General Public	General Public	General Public	General Public	General Public
		School	School	School	School	School	School	School	School	School
		Construction	Construction	Construction	Construction	Construction	Construction	Construction	Construction	Construction
		Loan of 1953	Loan of 1956	Loan of 1956	Loan of 1956	Loan of 1956	Loan of 1956	Loan of 1956	Loan of 1956	Loan of 1956
County	Total	6th Installment	3rd Installment	4th Installment	5th Installment	6th Installment	7th Installment	8th Installment £	)th Installment	10th Installm't
Allegany ..........	$597,000	$13,000								$584,000
Baltimore.........	15,939,000		$2,224,000	$1,000,000					$8,000,000	4,715,000
Cal vert...........	290,000					$108,000				182,000
Caroline..........	184,000	184,000
CarrolL....	1,034,000		1,034,000
Cecil.............	1,249,000	749,000			$500,000
Charles.........	671,000		221,000			450,000
Frederick .....	1,359,000		449,000			700,000	$210,000
Garrett...........	427,000	105,000		65,000			32,000			225,000
Howard...........	1,825,000		228,000	200,000		30,000	400,000	$419,000	274,000	274,000
Kent ........	308,000				100,000	100,000	108,000
Montgomery .....	17,000,000		5,000,000	3,000,000		6,000,000				3,000,000
Prince George's.... Queen Anne's......	14,302,000 404,000	1,500,000	2,000,000			4,000,000 273,000	3,000,000	601,000		3,201,000 131,000
St. Mary's.........	960,000		200,000	175,000	335,000			250,000
Somerset ..........	107,000				107,000
Washington .......	1,583,000				800,000	360,000	300,000	123,000
Wicomico.........	130,000		80,000							50,000
Worcester.........	39,000	39,000
Total.......	$58,408,000	$2,590,000	$11,436,000	$4,440,000	$1,842,000	$12,021,000	$4,050,000	$1,393,000	$8,274,000	$12,362,000