J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1473

but need not be in equal par amounts or in consecutive annual in-
stallments. Subject to the limitations herein contained, said County
shall have and is hereby granted full and complete authority and
discretion to fix and determine, in said resolution, the form and tenor
of any such bonds, the rate or rates of interest payable thereon, or
the method of arriving at the same, the date or dates upon which
said bonds shall respectively mature and be payable, the manner
of selling said bonds at public sale, and generally all matters incident
or necessary to the issuance, sale and delivery thereof. The bonds
of each such issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or
rates not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, payable semi-
annually, shall mature at such time or times as may be determined
by said resolution, and said bonds may, by said resolution be made
redeemable before maturity, at the option of the County, at such
price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed
by said County, either in said resolution or in subsequent resolutions,
but prior to the issuance of said bonds. The principal of and the in-
terest on said bonds may be made payable in any lawful medium.
Said resolution shall determine the form of said bonds, including
any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and the manner of
executing and sealing the same, which may be by facsimile, and
shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the
place or places of payment of the principal and the interest thereon,
which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the
State of Maryland. In case any officer whose signature shall appear
on any such bond, or on the coupons attached thereto, shall cease
to be such officer before the delivery thereof, such signature shall
nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if
he had remained in office until such delivery. Said bonds may, by
any such resolution, be issued in coupon or in registered form or
both, and provision may be made for the registration of said bonds
haying coupons attached, as to principal alone and also as to both
principal and interest, and for the reconversion of said bonds into
coupon form if any such bonds shall have been registered as to both
principal and interest. Such bonds shall not be subject to the pro-
visions of Sections 9, 10, and 11 of Article 31 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland (1957 Edition) but said County shall
offer said bonds only by solicitation of competitive bids therefor at
public sale. Said bonds may be sold for such price or prices as may
be determined to be for the best interests of the County, either at,
above or below the par value of any such bonds, but no such sale
shall be made at a price so low as to require the payment of interest
on the money received therefor at more than six per centum (6%)
per annum, computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the
bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values, excluding,
however, from such computation the amount of any redemption
premium. Upon delivery of any of said bonds to the purchaser or
purchasers thereof, payment therefor shall be made to the Treasurer
of Prince George's County or such other official of the County desig-
nated to receive such payment in a resolution passed by the Board
of County Commissioners for Prince George's County before such
delivery.

In addition to making provision for the above-described terms and
conditions of any group or series of bonds issued hereunder, the
County shall likewise fix the terms and conditions of the public sale
of such group or series of bonds and shall adopt a suitable form of