HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1505

not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, provided
that the total amount so borrowed and outstanding in any
fiscal year shall not exceed 75 per centum of the total pro-
ceeds received by the Commission from the 3-cent administra-
tive tax levied and collected during the Commission's preced-
ing fiscal year within Montgomery County either in the Mary-
land-Washington Metropolitan District or in the Maryland-
Washington Regional District as the case may be; and pro-
vided further, that all moneys so borrowed within any fiscal
year shall be repaid during the next succeeding fiscal year
from the proceeds of the 3-cent administrative tax received
by the Commission in the fiscal year last mentioned.

As compensation for acting as District Counsel of Prince
George's County; the members, the attorney, and the clerk
of the Board of County Commissioners of Prince George's
County shall each receive in addition to the compensation now
received by them the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400. 00)
per annum, payable monthly, which amounts as to the Board
of County Commissioners to the extent of $200. 00 each per
annum shall be paid from the proceeds of the three cent ad-
ministration tax levied in said county under the provisions
of this Section, and as to said Commissioners to the extent of
$200. 00 each per annum from the general funds of said County,
and as to the Clerk and Attorney of the Board of County
Commissioners said sum of $400. 00 respectively, shall be paid
to them from the general funds of the County.

Any funds over and above that necessary for operating and
administrative purposes and any other funds not specifically
pledged by law which heretofore or hereafter remain in the
hands of the Commission may be used in the respective coun-
ties of the District, in the same proportion as the same were
collected from said counties, for the purchase, development,
maintenance and operation of parks therein; provided, how-
ever, that any such funds not collected in the said counties
may be used by the Commission as in its discretion is for the
best interests of the District.

SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That within the Dis-
trict, the zoning powers or any of them vested by Chapter
599 of the Laws of Maryland of 1933 in any municipality or
council of any municipality within the District shall be con-
strued to be vested exclusively in and may be exercised within
their discertion only by the Boards of County Commissioners
of Montgomery County or Prince George's County respectively
acting as district councils.

Within the District any power vested by Chapter 599 of the
Laws of Maryland, 1933, in any planning commission or board
of appeals shall be construed to be vested exclusively in and

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