J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1291

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 corpora-
tion 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
preceding 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
located for the purpose of financing the construction of water and
sewerage facilities; and (7) such other information as may be re-
quired by regulations passed by the State Board of Health. When the
certification 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 certifica-
tion 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 Public
Works, determine a priority of need for water and sewerage facilities
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
regard shall be in such form as the said Board shall deem advisable
and proper and shall be final and conclusive upon all parties con-
cerned.

(c)  The amount of any loan to any municipal corporation or
sanitary district pursuant to this Act for any one project shall not
exceed an amount equal to [twenty-five per cent (25%)] fifty per
cent (50%) of the total cost of the project as approved by the Board
of Public Works for loan purposes pursuant to this Act.

(d) The amount of financial assistance granted to any municipal
corporation under the terms and conditions of this Act shall in no
case exceed an amount calculated as follows:

1. There shall first be determined and allocated to each municipal
corporation which applies for financial assistance under this Act
an amount equal to Ninety Percent (90%) of the total funds dis-