744                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 368

class or classes of electrical business or work, as in the opinion of
the board, shall have properly fitted the applicant for a license as a
Master Electrician.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 368
(House Bill 1083)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of
Frederick County, from time to time, to borrow not exceeding
Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) in
order to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement or ex-
tension of public schools in said County, as herein defined, and to
effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale to the highest
bidder or bidders at public sale of its general obligation, serial
maturity coupon bonds in like par amount; empowering said
County to fix and determine, by resolution, the form, tenor,
interest rate or method of arriving at the same, terms, including
redemption and registration provisions, conditions, maturities and
all other details incident or necessary to the issuance, public sale
and delivery of said bonds, without reference to the provisions of
Sections 9, 10, and 11 of Article 31 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland; prescribing the method and manner of selling
said bonds at public sale; empowering said County, subject to
certain limitations, to sell said bonds at, above or below the par
value thereof; empowering said County to refund any of said bonds
purchased or redeemed in advance of maturity; empowering and
directing said County to apply to the payment of principal and
interest of said bonds and said refunding bonds any funds received
from the State of Maryland and the United States of America,
which may be properly allocable to said purpose; empowering
and directing said County to contract to levy and to levy, impose
and collect annually ad valorem taxes which, in addition to the
State and Federal allotments, if any, will provide funds sufficient
for the payment of said maturing principal and interest; exempt-
ing said bonds and said refunding bonds and the interest thereon
from all State, county and municipal taxation in the State of
Maryland.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That, as used herein, the term "County" shall mean the body politic
and corporate of the State of Maryland known as the County Com-
missioners of Frederick County, and the term "public schools" shall
include the construction, reconstruction, improvement, extensions,
acquisition, alteration, repair and modernization of public school
buildings or buildings for school purposes in Frederick County, in-
cluding sites therefor, the cost of acquiring any such site, architec-
tural and engineering services, including the preparation of plans,
drawings and specifications for such schools and the development of