ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 839

intended by the Commission to form the whole or part of the
plan or, amendment and the action taken shall be recorded on
the map, plan or descriptive matter by the identifying signature
of the chairman and secretary of the Commission. An attested
copy of the plan or any part thereof or any substantial amend-
ment thereof or addition thereto shall be certified by the Com-
mission and filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of each
of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose
of paying the current operating or administrative expenses of
the Commission, including the cost of the preparation and mak-
ing of the plan of the District or any part of such plan, there
shall be levied annually beginning with the next annual levy
against all the assessable property within the District by the
County Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties, a tax of three (3 c. ) cents on each one hundred dol-
lars. The said County Commissioners are hereby directed in
their next annual levy and annually thereafter to levy said
tax on all property both real and personal assessed for County
tax purposes within the District, which taxes shall be levied
and collected as County taxes now are or may be hereafter by
law levied and collected, and have the same priority rights,
bear the same interest and penalties and in every respect be
treated the same as County taxes. The proceeds of the col-
lection of such tax shall be paid to the Commission and shall
constitute the administrative fund of the Commission. The

expenditures of the Commission for operating or administra-
tive purpose shall be within the amount of such fund, to-
gether with such additional funds as may be appropriated or
contributed for such purposes by said County Commissioners
or by the General Assembly of Maryland or by the United
States or by private donors. For the purpose of providing
funds for organization of the Commission and the prosecution
of its preliminary work, the County Commissioners of each
county are hereby authorized to pay to the Commission on or
before May 1st, 1927, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, and
to deduct each year for three years from the amounts col-
lected as herein provided, one-third of the amounts so ad-
vanced; or for the purpose of providing funds for its organiza-
tion and preliminary work the Commission is hereby author-
ized and empowered, as soon after organization as convenient-
ly may be, to borrow a sum not exceeding $10, 000 from any
bank or institution or individual willing to lend the same,
and to issue its notes or obligations for the same in amounts