1408                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 655

which of such requests for financial assistance should be denied.
In making the aforesaid finding of fact, the State Board of Education
shall, at the request of the Board of Public Works, determine a
priority of need for school buildings as between any county in the
State or as between any county in the State and the City of Balti-
more. No grant of financial assistance as provided for in this Act
shall be allowed until such grant has been finally ratified and ap-
proved by the Board of Public Works. The decision of the Board of
Public Works in this regard shall be in such form as the said Board
shall deem advisable and proper and shall be final and conclusive
upon all parties concerned.

(c)   The amount of financial assistance granted to any county
or to the pity of Baltimore under the terms and conditions of this
Act shall in no case exceed an amount calculated as follows:

(1)   There shall first be determined and allocated to each county
which applies for financial assistance under this Act or to the City
of Baltimore if said city applies for financial assistance under this
Act an amount equal to ninety percent (90%) of the total funds
distributed to said county or to said city, as the case may be, under
applicable provisions of State law relating to the income tax, the tax
on racing, the recordation tax, the tax on amusements, the license
tax and the incentive fund for school buildings.

(2)   There shall next be determined the total amount of State
debt which could be serviced at prevailing debt service cost by the
amount allocable to each of the counties and to the City of Baltimore,
as more specifically provided in the last preceding sentence of this
sub-paragraph.

(3)  The amount of total State debt allocable to each of the counties
and to the City of Baltimore, as provided in the last preceding
sentence of this sub-paragraph, shall be the limit of participation for
each of the counties applying for financial assistance under the terms
of this Act and for the City of Baltimore if said city applies for
financial assistance under the terms of this Act.

(4)   The calculations more particularly outlined in this sub-
paragraph shall be made as of the date when the application for
financial assistance made by any of the counties or made by the City
of Baltimore has been received by the State Board of Education.

(d)  Each of the counties and the City of Baltimore whose request
for financial assistance has been allowed, as provided in sub-
paragraph (b) of this sub-section (but as limited by sub-paragraph
(c) of this sub-section), shall execute and acknowledge in a manner
according to law an agreement which shall specify that: (1) the
amount of financial assistance allowed, as provided herein, together
with interest and carrying charges shall be deducted by the comp-
troller of the treasury from funds due said counties and city under
applicable provisions of state law relating to the income tax, the
tax on racing, the recordation tax, the tax on amusements, the
license tax and the incentive fund for school buildings and shall
be so deducted within fourteen (14) years from the date of the
issuance of the certificates; and (2) such other terms and conditions
as may be required by regulation of the State Board of Education,
and approved by the Board of Public Works.

(e)   The agreement described in sub-paragraph (d) of this sub-
section shall be signed on behalf of the State of Maryland by the