J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            505

Works, in the form of a recommendation to that Board advising it
which of the requests for financial assistance made by any of the
counties or by the City of Baltimore, should be allowed and which
should be denied. In making the finding of fact, the State Board of
Education will, at the request of the Board of Public Works, deter-
mine a priority of need for junior colleges as between any one or
more counties in the State and the City of Baltimore. No grant of
financial assistance is allowed until such grant has been finally
ratified and approved by the Board of Public Works, which certifies
the allocation of State funds to the Treasurer of the State, who
makes them available to the county or city when needed for con-
struction of the project. The decision of the Board of Public Works
in this regard is made in such form as the Board deems advisable
and proper and it is final and conclusive upon all parties concerned.

(c) The amount of financial assistance granted to any one or more
counties or to the City of Baltimore under the terms and conditions
of this act for any junior college project is determined by the sum
of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) TWO THOUSAND DOL-
LARS ($2,000.00) times the proposed capacity of the college in
numbers of students, subject to the limitation that State funds will
not exceed one-half of the total construction cost of any junior col-
lege project.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That until all of the interest
on and principals of any certificates issued under this act are paid
in full, there is hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax on
each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessable property at the
rate to be determined in the following manner: On or before Decem-
ber 1, 1961, and on or before December 1st of each calendar year
thereafter, the Board of Public Works certifies to the governing
bodies of each of the counties and of Baltimore City the rate of State
tax on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessable property
necessary to produce revenue to meet all interest and principal which
will be payable to the close of the next ensuing calendar year on all
certificates theretofore issued or theretofore authorized by resolu-
tion of the Board of Public Works to be issued, and the governing
bodies of each of the counties and Baltimore City will forthwith
levy and collect such a tax at such a rate.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all matters committed
by this act to the discretion of the Board of Public Works are deter-
mined by a majority of said Board.

SEC. 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IT IS THE
LEGISLATIVE INTENTION TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT IN THE ACQUI-
SITION OF LAND AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC
JUNIOR OR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

Sec. 8. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.