J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1067

acquisition, improvement or extension of public schools and Com-
munity Colleges in said County, as herein denned, and to effect
such borrowing 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 provisions, 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;
prescribing 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 Mary-
land and the United States of America, which may be properly al-
locable 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 allotments, 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 pro-
visions of this Act is additional and alternative authority for bor-
rowing money and shall be regarded as supplemental and addi-
tional 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
and corporate of the State of Maryland known as the County Com-
missioners of Harford County, and the term "Community Colleges"
shall mean those institutions of higher learning defined as Com-
munity Colleges by Section 301 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition) as amended from time to time. The
term "public schools and Community Colleges" shall include the con-
struction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, acquisition, alter-
ation, repair and modernization of public school or Community Col-
lege buildings or of buildings for school or Community College pur-
poses in Harford County, including sites therefor, the cost of ac-
quiring any such sites, architectural and engineering services, in-
cluding preparation of plans, drawings and specifications for such
schools and Community Colleges and the development of the grounds
and landscaping thereof, and all customary permanent appurtenances
and recreational and pedagogical equipment for such schools and
Community Colleges. NO PUBLIC SCHOOL, THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF WHICH IS SECURED OR FINANCED, IN WHOLE OR
IN PART, FROM FUNDS BECOMING AVAILABLE UNDER
THIS ACT, SHALL HAVE A SWIMMING POOL INCLUDED IN
SUCH FACILITY.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, the County is hereby
authorized and empowered to finance the construction of public
schools and Community Colleges, as defined in Section 1 of this Act,
for the use of JOINT USE, CONTROL AND DIRECTION OF THE