J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     875

after Section 222A thereof; to authorize and direct the County
Commissioners of Charles County to levy a park tax and generally
specifying the distribution of the and generally applying to the
laws concerning the park tax and the Board of Parks and Recrea-
tion in Charles County. APPROPRIATE MONIES FOR THE
PURPOSES OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE COUNTY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 222A (d) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Charles
County (1964 Supplement, being Article 9 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Charles County", subtitle "Parks
and Recreation", as last amended by Chapter 664 of the Acts of 1965,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and
that Section 222B be and it is hereby added to the said Code and
subtitle, to follow immediately after Section 222A thereof, and all to
read as follows:

222A.

(d) The Board, with the approval of the County Commissioners,
may accept real and personal property of all kinds, suitable for public
parks, open space programs, and recreational purposes, legal title to
which shall always be in the Board of County Commissioners. [The
County Commissioners shall appropriate in the annual budget of the
County not less than $40,000 to defray the expenses of the Board,
to pay the salary of the director, to purchase land, construct improve-
ments, and defray expenses for the maintenance of park and recrea-
tion areas under the control of the Board and for the support of the
park and recreational programs.] The acquisition of property, with
the approval of the County Commissioners, may be by purchase, con-
demnation, grant, bequest, devise, or lease of the fee or any lessor
interest, development right, assignment, covenant or other contractual
right necessary for park and recreation programs. The County Com-
missioners SHALL NOT have the power to sell or in any manner
dispose of these parks and recreational properties, subject to the
approval of the Charles County Board of Parks and Recreation.

222B.

   (a) The County Commissioners of Charles County are hereby

authorized and directed to levy for the fiscal year beginning July 1,

1966, and annually thereafter, a park tax at the rate of ten cents

($.10) per one hundred dollars ($100) assessed value of property in
the county to be levied. Such tax shall be levied on the assessed value
of all taxable real and personal property in Charles County.

(b) The said park tax shall be levied and collected in the same

manner as other State and County taxes are now levied and collected.
(c) The proceeds collected from said County park tax shall there-

after be paid by the County Commissioners semi-annually June 30
and December 31 of each year to the Board of Parks and Recreation
to defray the expenses of the Board, to pay the salary of the director,
to purchase land, construct improvements, and defray expenses for

the maintenance of park and recreation areas under the control of

the Board and for the support of the park and recreational programs.

This tax will be the sole means of local tax revenue for the Board

and would include the amount the Board could obligate for bonded

funds as well as the administrative and operational budget.