J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1489

shall be unlawful for the owner or custodians of a female dog while in
oestrus or in a condition commonly known as "in heat" or "in season"
to knowingly allow the same to run at large. Every person violating
the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more
than twenty-five dollars. Provided further that in Cecil, Dorchester,
Frederick and Wicomico counties the owner or custodian of said
female dog shall keep said female dog confined during said period
aforementioned.

70B.

The owner or custodian of any dog that is kept out of doors in
Frederick County must provide adequate protection from the elements
for said animal.

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

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 719
(House Bill 1114)

AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State debt in the aggregate
amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000), the proceeds thereof
to be used to supplement the financing of the construction of water
and sewerage facilities by any municipal corporation or sanitary
district in this State and/or the acquisition of such real estate or
interest in lands as may be necessary in connection therewith by
any municipal corporation or sanitary district in this State; pro-
viding generally for the issue and sale of certificates of indebted-
ness evidencing such loan; and providing for the method by which
the financial assistance for the construction of water and sewerage
facilities and the purchase of lands therefor is to be afforded to
any municipal corporation or sanitary district in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Board of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed
to issue a state loan to be known as the "General Sanitary Facilities
Construction Loan of 1963," in the aggregate sum of five million
dollars ($5,000,000).

The certificates evidencing said loan may be issued all at one time,
or in groups, from time to time, as hereinafter provided. All of said
certificates evidencing said loan, or any group thereof, shall be issued
according to what is known as the serial annuity plan so worked
out as to discharge the principal represented by said certificates
within fifteen (15) years from the time of their issue, provided, how-
ever, that it shall not be necessary to provide for the redemption of
any part of the principal represented by any certificate for the first
two (2) years from the time of the issuance of said certificates.

The Board of Public Works shall, and is hereby authorized and