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tofore issued or theretofore authorized by resolution of the Board of
Public Works to be issued, and the governing bodies of each of the
counties and Baltimore City will forthwith levy and collect such a
tax at such a rate.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all matters committed by
this act to the discretion of the Board of Public Works are determined
by a majority of said Board.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it is the legislative inten-
tion to provide financial assistance for capital expenses which may be
incurred after the effective date of this act in the acquisition of land
and the construction of public junior or community colleges.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 589
(Senate Bill 516)

AN ACT to add 40 11 new sections to Article 89B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1967 Cumula-
tive Supplement), title "State Roads," to be under the subtitle
"Highway Beautification," and to follow immediately after Section
249 authorizing and relating to the regulation, control, erection,
and maintenance of certain billboards and other outdoor advertis-
ing devices in zoned and unzoned commercial and industrial areas
within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the rights of way of Federal-
aid primary system of highways, , AND RELATING TO ON-
PREMISE ADVERTISING ON THE INTERSTATE AND EX-
PRESSWAY SYSTEMS OF HIGHWAYS.

Whereas, the State Roads Commission must provide for the con-
trol and regulation of outdoor advertising along the Federal-aid pri-
mary system of highways, as well as along the Interstate System of
Highways, in the State or lose substantial sums of Federal-aid high-
way funds otherwise allocated to the State, and

Whereas, the Legislature has heretofore enacted legislation regu-
lating outdoor advertising on the Interstate System, and

Whereas, the State Roads Commission did, on January 15, 1968,
hold a public hearing for the purpose of evaluating the views of the
outdoor advertising industry, garden clubs and other interested par-
ties, and

Whereas, the State Roads Commission did, as of December 31,
1967, enter into an agreement with the Federal Highway Adminis-
trator relating to the control of outdoor advertising signs along the
Federal-aid primary system of highways in order to prevent any
possible loss of Federal-aid highway funds to the State Roads Com-
mission. Said agreement was made subject to the enactment of