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to revise provisions for making a shellfish population survey in Talbot
County waters. "

Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.

House Bill No. 13—By The Anne Arundel County Delegation:

A Bill entitled "An Act to add a new Chapter 6A, title 'Drainage, '
to the Code of Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel County (1957
Edition), being Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title 'Anne Arundel County, ' such new Chapter 6-A consisting of Sec-
tions 6A-1 to 6A-16, inclusive, to follow immediately after Chapter
6, title 'Courts, ' of said Code; authorizing and empowering the County
Commissioners of Anne Arundel County to maintain and operate a storm
water or surface water drainage system and in conjunction therewith
to have and exercise the power of condemnation; authorizing and em-
powering said County Commissioners to prepare a general plan for
the control and disposition of surface waters in Anne Arundel County;
defining and creating the Patapsco Drainage Area as and for a special
taxing district; authorizing the construction of storm water or surface
water drainage systems in the drainage area so established; authorizing
and empowering said County Commissioners to borrow money and issue
general obligation, serial maturity coupon bonds for the purpose of
providing funds for the construction of such storm water or surface
water drainage systems; empowering said County Commissioners to
fix and determine, by resolution, the form, tenor, interest rate or method
of arriving at the same, terms, including redemption and registration
provisions, conditions, maturities and all other details incident or neces-
sary to the issuance, public sale and delivery of said bonds, without refer-
ence to any other law heretofore enacted; prescribing the method and
manner of selling said bonds at public sale; empowering said County
Commissioners, subject to certain limitations, to sell said bonds at, above
or below the par value thereof; empowering said County Commissioners
to refund any of said bonds purchased or redeemed in advance of ma-
turity; empowering and directing said County Commissioners to apply
to the payment of principal and interest of said bonds and said re-
funding bonds any funds received from the State of Maryland and
the United States: of America, which may be properly allocable to
said purpose; authorizing and empowering said County Commissioners
to levy a special assessment to be known as a drainage system assess-
ment to be imposed on benefited property within the Patapsco Drainage
Area and to levy a special ad valorem tax within the Patapsco Drainage
Area, the proceeds of such drainage system assessment and special ad
valorem tax to be together the primary source for the payment of the
principal of and interest on bonds issued pursuant to said Chapter; em-
powering and directing said County Commissioners to contract to levy
and to levy, impose and collect annually ad valorem taxes on all the
assessable property within Anne Arundel County which, in addition to
the State and Federal allotments, if any, the drainage system assess-
ments and the special >ad valorem taxes, will provide funds sufficient
for the payment of said maturing principal and interest; exempting
said bonds and said refunding bonds and the interest thereon from all
State, county and municipal taxation in the State of Maryland; author-
izing the County Commissioners to reimburse, from proceeds of the
sale of bonds, the general funds and surplus funds of Anne Arundel
County for any monies advanced in connection with the planning and