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State Aviation Commission shall require together with preliminary
plans for each project for which financial assistance is requested.

(b)   Upon receipt of the petition the State Aviation Commission,
shall make a written finding of fact addressed to the Board of Public
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, municipalities or by the City of Baltimore should be allowed
and which should be denied. In making the finding of fact the State
Aviation Commission shall, at the request of the Board of Public
Works, determine a priority of need for airports or airport facilities
as between any one or more counties or municipalities and the City
of Baltimore. No grant of financial assistance shall be made until
such grant has been finally ratified and approved by the Board of
Public Works which shall certify the allocation of State funds to the
Treasurer of the State who shall make them available to the County
or municipality or the City of Baltimore when needed for projects
hereunder. The decision of the Board of Public Works shall be made
in such form as the Board deems advisable and proper and it shall be
final and conclusive upon all parties concerned.

(c)   Each of the counties, municipalities, and the City of Baltimore
whose request for financial assistance has been allowed, as provided
in paragraph (b) of this section, shall execute and acknowledge in a
manner according to law an agreement which shall specify that: The
amount of financial assistance allowed, as provided herein, together
with interest and carrying charges, shall be repaid to the State under
such terms and conditions as may be required by regulations of the
State Aviation Commission and approved by the Board of Public
Works. IF ANY OF THE COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND
THE CITY OF BALTIMORE DO NOT MAKE, AS DUE, ALL
SUCH PAYMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AS PRO-
VIDED HEREIN, OF PRINCIPAL, INTEREST, AND CARRYING
CHARGES, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY SHALL
MAKE ALL SUCH PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL, INTEREST
AND CARRYING CHARGES AS DUE AND SHALL DEDUCT
THESE PAYMENTS FROM ANY FUNDS THEN OR THERE-
AFTER DUE TO THAT COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR CITY OF
BALTIMORE FROM ANY FUNDS THEN OR THEREAFTER
DUE TO THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISION UNDER APPLIC-
ABLE PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW RELATING TO THE IN-
COME TAX, THE TAX ON RACING, THE RECORDATION TAX,
THE TAX ON AMUSEMENTS AND THE LICENSE TAX.

(d)   The agreement described in paragraph (c) of this section
shall be signed on behalf of the State of Maryland by the State Avia-
tion Commission, and shall be approved by the Board of Public

Works.

(e)   The governing body of each of the counties, municipalities
and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are hereby authorized
and empowered to enter into any and all contracts or agreements
required under the terms of this act, or which may be required by
regulations duly promulgated by the State Aviation Commission or
the Board of Public Works pursuant to the provisions of this act, any
other provisions of public general law or of public local law to the
contrary notwithstanding.