WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1583

and materials furnished according to the terms of the
contract, and that said sums of money are due and pay-
able, the said County Commissioners of Washington County
shall pay to the said Board of Education the said sum
of money so certified to be due and payable, not exceeding,
however, the net proceeds in the hands of said County
Commissioners from the sale of said bonds or certificates
of indebtedness or the issues thereof authorized as afore-
said.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Washington County and/or the Board
of Education of Washington County are hereby authorized
and empowered to accept from any Federal or State
agency grants for, or in aid of the construction, altera-
tion, reconditioning, furnishing and equipping of school
buildings in said Washington County and the erection of
additions thereto, including the purchase of land, and to
make such contracts containing such terms, provisions
and conditions as in the discretion of said County Com-
missioners and/or said Board of Education may deem
necessary, proper or advisable for the purpose of Obtain-
ing or securing grants or financial assistance from any
Federal or State agency willing to extend the same in
furtherance of the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the provisions
of this Act shall be construed as additional and supple-
mentary to and not in substitution for or in conflict with
any of the provisions of the General Laws of this State
relating to public schools and the powers of the State
Superintendent of Schools, in regard to the plans, con-
struction and erection of public school buildings.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That for the pur-
pose of paying the interest on said bonds or certificates
of indebtedness and for redeeming said bonds or certifi-
cates of indebtedness as they mature the said County Com-
missioners of Washington County shall for the year during
which the first series of said bonds or certificates of
indebtedness has been issued and annually thereafter until
all of said bonds or certificates of indebtedness issued
under the authority of this Act shall mature and be re-
deemed, levy a tax upon the assessable property of said
County sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds
or certificates of indebtedness outstanding and to redeem
said bonds or certificates of indebtedness as they mature