SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1433

in this State] who perform services upon the prescription or referral
of a physician HEALTH PRACTITIONERS DULY LICENSED OR
CERTIFIED IN THIS STATE WHO PERFORM SERVICES UPON
THE PRESCRIPTION OR REFERRAL OF A PHYSICIAN for the
treatment of eligible persons; within the provisions of the budget the
said Board is hereby authorized to provide bedside nursing care for
eligible persons. (2) The Board of Health and Mental Hygiene shall
conduct and operate such hospitals as may be established by law and
placed under the jurisdiction of the said Board of Health and Mental
Hygiene for the care of persons suffering from chronic diseases.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 711
(House Bill 710)

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Howard County,
in their discretion, to borrow Seven Million, Five Hundred Thou-
sand Dollars ($7,500,000.00) upon the faith and credit of said
Howard County for the purposes of constructing and making im-
provements to public schools in Howard County, as more par-
ticularly described herein, and to issue bonds therefor and to levy
taxes to pay the principal and interest of such bonds.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the County Commissioners of Howard County, be, and they
are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to issue
at one time, or from time to time, upon the faith and credit of said
County, bonds in an amount or amounts not exceeding in the ag-
gregate Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,-
000.00), for the following purposes only:

1.    Construction of the Third and Fourth Districts Elementary
School.

2.    Construction of Wilde Lake High School.

3.    Construction of Hammond Village Elementary School.

4.    Construction of Dalton—Guilford Downs Elementary School.

5.    Construction of Oakland Mills Middle School.

6.    Construction of Running Brook Elementary School.

7.    HAMMOND VILLAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the County Commissioners
of Howard County shall, when they exercise said discretion, by
resolution, prescribe the form and tenor of said bonds, the method
and manner of offering the same for sale and the rate of interest
payable thereon, or the method of arriving at such rate or rates of
interest. Said County Commissioners may fix said rate or rates of