HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1183
ing the taxes required herein to be levied and for making the
improvements herein authorized, as all of that part of Prince
George's County, defined as the Metropolitan District, in
Chapter 448 of the Acts of 1927 of the General Assembly of
Maryland, and said taxes shall not be levied in any regional
district or in any part of said County added to said Metro-
politan District by this or under any subsequent General As-
sembly. The County Commissioners shall offer said bonds, or
any issue thereof, for sale to the highest bidder, by sealed bids
delivered at a place and time mentioned and described in one
or more advertisements inserted in at least two newspapers.
The said Commissioners may adopt such rules and regula-
tions relating to said bonds and offering as they deem ad-
visable.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,, That the proceeds of the
said bonds, or any issue thereof, shall be allocated by said
County Commissioners as follows and proportionately;
Three hundred thousand Dollars ($300, 000) for widening,
. straightening and generally improving our present road sys-
tem, in conjunction with the State Roads Commission and
the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, with such additional
funds as may be available from either source, primarily con-
sidering the needs of our community and not through traffic;
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250, 000) for park
improvements, including park roads, and the acquisition of
particularly desirable land in a planned park system, that
may be lost by building encroachments or other private uses
in the future.
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50, 000) for treatment of danger-
ous road or street intersections not coming within the road
improvement fund;
Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60, 000) for the purchase of fu-
ture play grounds, in connection with possible school sites
where land is cheap and available;
Forty Thousand Dollars ($40, 000) for roadside improve-
ments, including tree planting, trimming etc., at the rate of
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, 000) per year under the direc-
tion of the Forestry Service;
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50, 000) for lighting important
roads, and particularly, intersections;
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50, 000) for the purchase or the
cost of condemnation of unsightly or hazardous roadside build-
ings, bill board sites, obstructions etc.;
Provided, however, that said County Commissioners may,
at the request of the Advisory Board hereinafter created,
change the allocation of any of the funds in an amount not
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