J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        85

year that any of said bonds are outstanding, the County shall levy
or cause to be levied ad valorem taxes upon all the assessable property
within the corporate limits of the County in rate and amount suffi-
cient to provide for the payment, when due, of the interest and
principal of all said bonds maturing in each such fiscal year and in
the event the proceeds from the taxes so levied in any such fiscal
year shall prove inadequate for the above purposes, additional taxes
shall be levied in the succeeding fiscal year to make up any such
deficiency. The County may apply to the payment of principal and
interest of any bonds issued hereunder any funds received by it from
the State of Maryland, the United States of America, any agency
or instrumentality thereof, or from any other source, if such funds
are granted for the purpose of assisting the County in public school
construction, and to the extent of any such funds received or receiv-
able in any fiscal year the taxes hereby required to be levied may be
reduced proportionately.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the County is hereby
further authorized and empowered, at any time and from time to
time to issue its bonds in the manner hereinabove described for the
purpose of refunding, upon purchase or redemption, any bonds issued
hereunder. The validity of any such refunding bonds shall in no way
be dependent upon or related to the validity or invalidity of the
obligations so refunded. The powers herein granted with respect
to the issuance of bonds, and also the limitations herein on such
powers shall be applicable to the issuance of refunding bonds. Said
refunding bonds may be issued by the County for the purpose of
providing it with funds to purchase in the open market any of its
outstanding bonds issued hereunder, prior to the maturity thereof,
or for the purpose of providing it with funds for the redemption
prior to maturity of any outstanding bonds issued hereunder which
are, by their terms, redeemable. The resolution authorizing the issue
of any such refunding bonds shall describe the issue or issues of
bonds of the County so to be refunded, and no issue of such refunding
bonds shall exceed in amount the par amount of such bonds so
described in said resolution. No such refunding bonds shall actually
be delivered to the purchaser or purchasers thereof more than six
(6) months in advance of redemption date or dates of bonds to be
redeemed and refunded and the proceeds of the sale of any such
refunding bonds shall be segregated and set apart by the County
as a separate trust fund to be used solely for the purpose of paying
the purchase or redemption prices of the bonds to be refunded.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That, in the issuance of any
of the bonds authorized hereby, the County may, prior to the prepa-
ration of definitive bonds or obligations, issue interim certificates
or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for
definitive bonds when such bonds or obligations have been executed
and are available for delivery, provided, however, that any such
interim certificates or temporary bonds shall be issued in all respects
subject to the restrictions and requirements set forth herein. The
County may, by appropriate resolution, provide for the replacement
of any bonds issued hereunder which shall have become mutilated or
be destroyed or lost upon such conditions and after receiving such
indemnity as the County may think it proper and necessary to
stipulate and require.