J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1225

supplementary agreements hereinafter mentioned having reference
to the acquisition of particular units of park land comprising por-
tions of a general park plan theretofore approved by the County
Council of Montgomery County or County Commissioners of Prince
George's County), such amendment shall not be binding upon the
State of Maryland, the Commission, Montgomery County or County
Commissioners of Prince George's County unless it shall have been
ratified and approved by the County Council of Montgomery County
and the County Commissioners of Prince George's County.

(d) New Agreements.—If the Commission desires to enter into
a new basic or underlying agreement with the United States of
America or with any agency or bureau thereof or with the National
Capital Planning Commission, for the purpose of adopting a general
or revised park plan of park lands to be acquired in the Metropolitan
District and for the purpose of outlining the method of financing
the acquisition of any such park lands, the basic or underlying agree-
ments shall not be binding upon the Commission or upon the State
of Maryland and upon Montgomery County or the County Commis-
sioners of Prince George's County until it shall have been approved
by the County Council of Montgomery County and the County Com-
missioners of Prince George's County.

(e) Supplementary agreements and amendments.—Agreements sup-
plementary to any contract or commitment, or amendment thereof,
heretofore or hereafter entered into by the Commission, and having
reference (1) to the acquisition of particular units of land in the
Metropolitan District comprising portions of a general park plan
adopted in any such contract or commitment and also (2) prescrib-
ing the details incident to financing any such acquisition, may here-
after be entered into by the Commission with the United States of
America or any agency or bureau thereof or with the National Cap-
ital Planning Commission upon the conditions hereinbelow in this
Section set forth.

(f) Approval of supplementary agreements; conditions.—Each
such supplementary agreement shall first be submitted for approval
to the County Council of Montgomery County or the County Com-
missioners of Prince George's County, depending upon the location of
the unit or units of park land involved. The County Council or County
Commissioners shall approve the agreement if it shall find that (1)
the boundaries of the unit of land to be acquired pursuant to the
supplementary agreement are within the general park plan adopted
by the contract or commitment to which the agreement is supple-
mentary; and (2) the Commission will be able to meet the obliga-
tions to be incurred by it in such acquisition, including the payment
of interest on any such obligations, from the proceeds of the seven
cent (7c) tax authorized and directed to be levied in that portion of
the Metropolitan District lying within Montgomery County or from
the proceeds of the five cent (5c) tax authorized and directed to be
levied in that portion of the Metropolitan District lying within
Prince George's County. In determining whether the Commission
will be able to meet such obligation from the proceeds of said taxes,
the County Council or County Commissioners shall compute the
proceeds upon the assessable basis of those portions of the Metro-
politan District lying within Montgomery or Prince George's coun-