SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         25

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That, except as otherwise
provided in this Act, no department, board, commission, agency of
institution specified or named in this Act shall begin any work with
funds secured pursuant to the provisions of this Act unless satisfac-
tory assurances are made to the Board of Public Works that the
work described in the individual terms in this Act can be completed
with the Funds specified for each such item respectively.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That where Federal funds may
be available to help accomplish any specific projects in this Act, the
using department or agency shall be obligated to seek the allocation
of such Federal funds to apply to the cost of the particular project.
In seeking approval of the Board of Public Works for award of a
contract under a specific appropriation under this Act, the using
department or agency shall formally advise the Board of Public
Works that efforts have been made through proper administrative
procedures to obtain such Federal funds, and the reason, if any, why
the Federal funds were not obtained. Availability of Federal funds
where allocated is intended to defray the cost of the approved project,
not expand its scope, except in the case of projects of the Depart-
ment of Forests and Parks. These latter projects may be expanded in
scope beyond that proposed in the specific appropriation in this Act
if the addition of Federal funds makes this possible, but not beyond
the total park acreage or development contemplated for the State
park or recreation area to which it applies, as evident from the master
plan for State parks and recreation areas as adopted by the Depart-
ment of Forests and Parks.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That if any project listed in
Section 5 of this Act shall not have been contracted for within
two (2) years from the effective date of this Act, then such project
shall be deemed to have been abandoned. If the total loan authorized
herein shall have been issued within two (2) years from the effective
date of this Act, then the amount specified herein for said abandoned
project shall be transferred to the Annuity Bond Fund and shall be
applied to the debt service requirements of the State. If, however, the
total loan authorized herein shall not have been issued within two (2)
years from the effective date of this Act, then the total issuable
Certificates of Indebtedness authorized herein shall be reduced by
the amount specified herein for said abandoned project.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That until all of the interest
on and principal of any certificates issued under this Act have
been paid in full, there is hereby levied and imposed an annual
State tax on each $100 of assessable property at the rate to
be determined in the following manner: on or before May 1, 1968,
and on or before May 1, in each TAXABLE year thereafter, the
Board of Public Works shall certify to the governing bodies of each of
the Counties and Baltimore City the rate of State tax on each $100 of
assessable property necessary to produce revenue to meet all interest
and principal which will be payable to the close of the next ensuing
taxable year on all certificates theretofore issued or heretofore auth-
orized by resolution of the Board of Public Works to be issued and the
governing bodies of each of the Counties and Baltimore City shall
forthwith levy and collect such tax at such rate; provided, the cost
of paying the principal and interest on bonds issued to pay the cost