J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      907

    SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, (a) That the actual cash pro-

ceeds from the sale of certificates of indebtedness to be issued under
this Act shall be paid to the Treasurer of the State upon the warrant
of the Comptroller, and such proceeds shall be used exclusively to
assist the counties, municipalities or any agencies thereof in con-
struction basic main facilities which meet the specifications required
by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act on a matching basis to
be reduced by the amount of any available federal grant pursuant to
the provisions of Section 387B of Article 43 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland as amended from time to time.

(b) Any county, municipality or any agency thereof which is en-

titled to receive a State grant pursuant to the provisions of Section

387B(b) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland as amended

from time to time may petition the State of Maryland for an equal

matching grant which matching grant is to be reduced by the amount
of any federal grant available for the same project. The petition in

the first instance shall be directed to the State Board of Health and

Mental Hygiene and upon the approval of the plans by the State

Board of Health and Mental Hygiene the said Board shall promptly

report the petition to the Board of Public Works together with its

report that the project has been approved by it and that the Board

of Public Works should make available the necessary matching funds
as provided hereunder.

(c) The Board of Public Works shall allocate from monies avail-
able under this Act to every county, municipality or any agency

thereunder whose plan is approved a sum which together with any
federal grant obtainable for said project would equal the funds avail-
able and allocated by the county, municipality or any agency there-

under. The Board shall certify the allocation of State Funds to the

Treasurer of the State and the Treasurer shall make them available
to the municipality when needed for the construction of the project.

(d) The Board of Public Works is authorized, in its discretion, to
adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for receiving such peti-
tions from municipalities in this State, and for the consideration of
the petitions and disbursing of the funds to the petitioning munici-
palities, within the spirit and intent of this Act.

SEC. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, (A) THAT THE
ACTUAL CASH PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF CERTIFI-
CATES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO BE ISSUED UNDER THIS
ACT SHALL BE PAID TO THE TREASURER OF THE STATE
UPON THE WARRANT OF THE COMPTROLLER, AND SUCH
PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO ASSIST THE
COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, ANY AGENCIES THEREOF,
OR ANY SPECIAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY WHICH IS
CHARGED WITH PROVIDING SANITARY FACILITIES WITH-
IN A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY, IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF SEWERAGE SYSTEMS. SUCH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
MUST MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, AND MUST
BE WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 387B OF ARTICLE
43 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.

(B) ANY COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR ANY AGENCY