HERBERT R. O'CONOR., GOVERNOR. 663

under the signature and seal of the Commission and shall be
guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the
County Commissioners of Howard County, which guarantee
shall be endorsed on each of said bonds in the following lan-
guage: "The. payment of interest when due and the principal
at maturity is guaranteed by Howard County, Maryland. "
Such endorsement shall be signed on each of said bonds by
the President and by the Clerk of the Board of County Com-
missioners of said County within ten days after the bonds are
presented by the Commission to them for endorsement. At
any time prior to the issuance of any such bonds the County-^
Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to furnish
to the Commission a sum not exceeding Five Thousand Dol-
lars ($5, 000. 00), which shall be repaid out of the first available
moneys derived from the sale of the first bonds issued, if any.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 5, 1945.

CHAPTER 607.
(House Bill 681)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3
of Chapter 991 of the Acts of 1943, relating to the manner
and method of providing for the organization and prelim-
inary expenses of the Howard County Metropolitan Com-
mission.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 3 of Chapter 991 of the Acts of 1943, re-
lating to the Howard County Metropolitan Commission, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with4 amendments,
to read as follows:

3. That whenever fifteen property owners residing in any
locality in Howard County shall in writing petition the
Commission to have said locality, the boundaries whereof
shall be definitely stated in said petition, constituted as
a sub-district, then if the Commission, in its discretion, shall
deem it expedient to constitute said locality as a sub-district
in accordance with the prayer of said petition, and if the
County Commissioners consent thereto, the Commission shall
cause plats of such locality to be made under the super-