424                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 237

dence of having been caused by an automobile accident or by a lethal
weapon he or she, or in the case of a hospital, the individual then in
charge thereof, shall, as soon as practicable, notify either the sheriff
of the county, the county police or the State police of such fact, giving
such person's name and address, if known, a description of the injury,
and any other facts concerning the affair which might assist in the
detection of crime. Any such person failing so to report shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable in any court of competent
criminal jurisdiction by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars
($25.00). The provisions of this section shall only apply in Kent,
Montgomery, Talbot, Somerset and Prince George's counties.

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

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 237
(House Bill 793)

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Howard County,
in their discretion, to borrow Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00)
upon the faith and credit of said Howard County for constructing
and equipping a new Junior-Senior High School, constructing and
equipping two elementary schools, constructing and equipping the
addition to Howard High School, for acquisition of school sites, and
for renovation of, and an addition to, the Lisbon School, in said
Howard County, and to issue bonds therefor and to levy taxes to
pay the principal and interest of such bonds.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the County Commissioners of Howard County be, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to issue at one
time, or from time to time, upon the faith and credit of said County,
bonds in an amount or amounts not exceeding in the aggregate Three
Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) for the purpose of constructing and
equipping a new junior-senior high school, constructing and equipping
two elementary schools, constructing and equipping the addition to
Howard High School, for acquisition of school sites, and for renova-
tion of and an addition to, the Lisbon School, in said Howard County.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the County Commissioners
of Howard County shall, when they exercise said discretion, by resolu-
tion, prescribe the form and tenor of said bonds, the method and
manner of offering the same for sale and the rate or rates of interest
payable thereon, or the method of arriving at such rate or rates of
interest. Said County Commissioners may fix said rate or rates of
interest in said resolution or may request bidders to name the rate
or rates of interest upon which their bids are based, and said County
Commissioners may provide that different rates of interest may be
named for different serial maturities of said bonds or for different
issues thereof; provided, however, that under no circumstances shall
any such rate or rates of interest exceed five per centum (5%) per