1492                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 719

(a)    Whenever any municipal corporation or sanitary district
desires to participate in the financial assistance which is provided
for under the terms and conditions of this Act, said municipal cor-
poration or sanitary district, as the case may be, shall certify a
statement to the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene show-
ing: (1) the water and sewerage facilities required by the munic-
ipal corporation or sanitary district for which financing is needed
and the number and type of potential users of such water and sewer-
age facilities therein; (2) the amount, type and character of real
estate necessary in conjunction therewith; (3) the total estimated cost
of constructing the required water and sewerage facilities; (4) the
total issued and outstanding bonded indebtedness of the municipal
corporation or the total issued and outstanding bonded indebtedness
of the sanitary district and county or counties in which any such
sanitary district is located; (5) the total assessable taxable basis of
the municipal corporation or the total assessable taxable basis of the
sanitary district and county or counties in which any such sanitary
district is located, as such basis has been determined on the last pre-
ceding date of finality; (6) the amount then authorized by any law to
be borrowed by the municipal corporation or by the sanitary district
and the county or counties in which any such sanitary district is lo-
cated for the purpose of financing the construction of water and sew-
erage facilities; and (7) such other information as may be required by
regulations passed by the State Board of Health. When the certifi-
cation required by this subsection is made by a sanitary district,
such statement shall first be approved by the governing body of the
county or counties in which any such sanitary district is located, and
such approval shall be endorsed on such statement when the certifi-
cation required by this subsection is made by a municipal corporation
within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District, such statement
shall first be approved by the governing body of the county or
counties in which such municipal corporation is located and by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and such approval shall
be endorsed on such statement.

(b)   Upon receipt of the certified statement as specified in sub-
paragraph (a) of this subsection, the State Board of Health shall
make a written finding of fact which shall be addressed to the Board
of Public Works, said finding of fact to be in the form of a recom-
mendation to the Board of Public Works advising said Board which
of the requests for financial assistance made by any of the municipal
corporations or sanitary districts, as aforesaid, should be allowed
and which of such requests for financial assistance should be denied.
In making the aforesaid finding of fact, the State Board of Health
and Mental Hygiene shall, at the request of the Board of Pub-
lic Works, determine a priority of need for water and sewerage facili-
ties as between any municipal corporations or sanitary districts in this
State. No financial assistance as provided for in this Act shall be
allowed until such loan has been finally approved by the Board of
Public Works. The decision of the Board of Public Works in this re-
gard shall be in such form as the said Board shall deem advisable and
proper and shall be final and conclusive upon all parties concerned.

(c)   The amount of any loan to any municipal corporation or sani-
tary district pursuant to this Act for any one project shall not
exceed an amount equal to twenty-five per cent (25%) of the total