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this state prior to the making of an appropriation by the legislature
therefor.

The departments, agencies and officers of this state and its sub-
divisions are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Southern Inter-
state Nuclear Board in the furtherance of any of its activities
pursuant to the Compact.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 681
(House Bill 560)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners for
Prince George's County, from time to time, to borrow not exceed-
ing Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in order to finance
the construction, acquisition, improvement or extension of public
schools in said County, as herein defined, and to effect such borrow-
ing by the issuance and sale to the highest bidder or bidders at
public sale of its general obligation, serial maturity coupon bonds
in like par amount; empowering said County to fix and determine,
by resolution, the form, tenor, interest rate or method of arriving
at the same, terms, including redemption and registration pro-
visions, conditions, maturities and all other details incident or
necessary to the issuance, public sale and delivery of said bonds,
without reference to any other law heretofore enacted; pre-
scribing the method and manner of selling said bonds at public
sale; empowering said County, subject to certain limitations, to
sell said bonds at, above or below the par value thereof; empower-
ing said County to refund any of said bonds purchased or redeemed
in advance of maturity; empowering and directing said County
to apply to the payment of principal and interest of said bonds and
said refunding bonds any funds received from the State of
Maryland and the United States of America, which may be
properly allocable to said purpose; empowering and directing said
County to contract to levy and to levy, impose and collect annually
ad valorem taxes which, in addition to the State and Federal allot-
ments, if any, 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; and
providing that the power to incur indebtedness and issue bonds
therefor under the provisions of this Act is additional and alterna-
tive authority for borrowing money and shall be regarded as
supplemental and additional to powers conferred upon the County
by other laws.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That, as used herein, the term "County" shall mean the body politic