832                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 608

delivered by them to the clerks of court as provided for in Sections
29 and 30 of this article and shall be retained and disposed of by
the said clerks according to the provisions of Section 31 of this
article.] In the People's Court of Harford County at Bel Air, the
clerk may maintain a joint docket, and the cases thereon may be
heard by any magistrate of the People's Court, provided that the
docket entries indicate the magistrate who heard the case and the
action taken by such magistrate.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 608
(Senate Bill 379)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 387B of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement),
title "Health", sub-title "Water, Ice and Sewerage", to delete from
the Sanitary Facilities Construction Fund law the provision re-
quiring the State to match funds with the political subdivisions on

to finance a particular project to be accompanied by the certifica-

partment of Health stating that the political subdivision is unable
to finance a particular project to be accompanied by the certifica-
tion of a qualified bond counsel. GENERALLY AMENDING THE
LAW RELATING TO THE SANITARY FACILITIES CON-
STRUCTION FUND, THE USE AND COMPOSITION OF THE
FUND, AND THE PROCEDURE FOR USING AND APPLY-
ING MONIES FROM THE FUND.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 387B of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Supplement), title "Health", sub-title "Water, Ice and Sewer-
age", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

387B.

(a) A Sanitary Facilities Construction Fund is hereby established,
and it shall consist of such funds as are provided in the State's annual
budget. The Fund shall be available to the Board, both to finance local
planning for sewage facilities [upon an equal] on a matching basis
with counties, municipalities, or any agency thereof and to defray the
cost of independent planning by the [Board of Health] State Depart-

ment of Health. If federal grants are available for these purposes,
both the [Board of Health] State Department of Health and the

local governments are authorized to enter into joint financing agree-
ments. The counties and municipalities of the State are hereby au-
thorized to appropriate general funds to participate in the program
authorized by this section.

(b) Any county or municipality may petition the State Depart-

ment of Health for a State grant to assist the construction of the