Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    1105

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That five (5) new sections, being Sections 701A to 701E, inclusive,
be and they are hereby added to the Code of Public Local Laws of
Prince George's County of 1953 being Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County", said new
sections to be under the new sub-title "George Washington Memorial
Parkway" and to follow immediately after Section 701 of said Code
and to read as follows:

George Washington Memorial Parkway

701A. The County Commissioners for Prince George's County, a
body politic and corporate of the State of Maryland, is hereby author-
ized and empowered to act in conjunction with and cooperate with
the National Capital Planning Commission created by an Act of
Congress, approved April 30, 1926, for the purpose of complying with
the provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 1 of an Act of Congress
of the United States known as Public Act 284, 71st Congress, entitled
"An Act for the acquisition, establishment and development of the
George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from
Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to pro-
vide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia and the
States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park,
parkway and playground system of the National Capital" with re-
spect to the acquisition of lands or interests in lands which consti-
tute or will constitute that portion of the George Washington Memo-
rial Parkway extending in Prince George's County from Fort Wash-
ington to the southeasterly boundary line of the District of Columbia.

701B. To carry out the purposes of Section 701A above, and to
make possible the acquisition of the lands or interest in lands neces-
sary for the construction of that portion of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway described in Section 701A, the County Commis-
sioners for Prince George's County is hereby authorized and em-
powered to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Na-
tional Capital Planning Commission under which the United States
shall advance the full amount of the funds necessary for the acquisi-
tion of such lands or interest in such lands and the County Com-
missioners for Prince George's County shall obligate itself to reim-
burse the United States to the extent of one-half of the cost thereof
without interest within not more than eight (8) years from the date
of any such expenditure. Such agreement shall also provide that the
County Commissioners for Prince George's County shall obligate
itself to make a sufficient annual levy of ad valorem taxes upon all
of its property assessable for County taxes without limitation as
to rate or amount which will be sufficient to raise the revenues
necessary to satisfy its obligation to the United States as provided
in this section. The agreement shall also provide that such revenues,
when received, shall be segregated by the proper officers of Prince
George's County from other County funds and shall be held solely
for the purpose of discharging the obligation incurred by Prince
George's County under the terms of this section. The Board of
County Commissioners for Prince George's County may include in
the agreement or agreements referred to herein, such other terms
and conditions which may be necessary or advisable in carrying out
the purposes of this Act. Such agreement or agreements may be
adopted and ratified by a formal resolution of the Board of County
Commissioners provided, however, that the obligation to levy and