J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1419

"Prince George's County," to follow immediately after Chapter 83
thereof, and both to be under the new subtitle "Washington
Suburban Transit Commission DISTRICT"; to create the Wash-
ington Suburban Transit Commission DISTRICT to cooperate
with an authority AUTHORITY created by interstate compact be-
tween the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of
Columbia to provide transit facilities and service for the metro-
politan area of Washington, D. C.; to provide for selection of
members of the WASHINGTON Suburban Transit Commission,
their compensation, powers and duties; to authorize the Com-
mission DISTRICT to enter into agreements with the Authority
to provide transit facilities and services and to contribute funds
for the capital needs of the authority AUTHORITY, for debt
service and for expenses and obligations of operation of transit
facilities; to guarantee the obligations of the Commission DIS-
TRICT AND TO APPROPRIATE FOR THE ADMINISTRA-
TIVE EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION on the part of Mont-
gomery and Prince George's counties; to authorize the levy of
taxes for the purposes of the Commission DISTRICT in the WASH-
INGTON Suburban Transit District in Montgomery and Prince
George's counties; to authorize issuance of revenue anticipation
notes to be repaid from taxes and income of the Commission DIS-
TRICT; to exempt from State and local taxation the property
and income of the Commission DISTRICT; to provide for entry
into and withdrawal from the Transit District; and to generally re-
late to operation of transit facilities and services in the Metropolitan
area of Washington, D. C. in Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Chapter 73A be and it is hereby added to the Montgomery
County Code, 1960 (being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Montgomery County," to follow immedi-
ately after Chapter 73 thereof; and that new Chapter 83A be and
it is hereby added to the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1963 Edition, being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County," to
follow immediately after Chapter 83 thereof, and both to be under
the new subtitle "Washington Suburban Transit Commission DIS-
TRICT," and to read as follows:

73 A.

1. Declaration of Legislative Policy

The development of a transportation system, composed of transit
facilities, public highways, and other modes of transport, is neces-
sary for the orderly growth and development of Montgomery and
Prince George's Counties, for the safety, comfort, and convenience
of their citizens and for the economical utilization of public funds.
The provision of the necessary facilities and services cannot be
achieved by the unilateral action of the counties and the attainment
thereof requires planning and action on a regional basis, conducted
cooperatively and on a continuing basis, between representatives of
the counties and the State Roads Commission. Montgomery and
Prince George's Counties are contiguous to the District of Columbia
and to portions of Northern Virginia, and together with these areas