SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1535

pon bonds in like par amount; empowering the County to fix and
determine, by resolution, the form, tenor, interest rate or method
of arriving at the same, terms, including redemption and registra-
tion provisions, conditions, maturities and all other details in-
cident or necessary to the issuance, public sale and delivery of
such bonds, without reference to any other law heretofore en-
acted; prescribing the method and manner of selling the bonds
at public sale; empowering the County, subject to certain limita-
tions, to sell the bonds at, above or below the par value thereof;
empowering the County to refund any of the bonds purchased
or redeemed in advance of maturity; empowering the County to
apply to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds and
refunding bonds any funds received from the State of Maryland
and the United States of America, which may be properly allo-
cable to said purpose; empowering and directing the 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 principal
and interest; exempting the bonds and refunding bonds, the in-
terest thereon and any income derived therefrom, from all State,
county and municipal taxation in the State of Maryland; and
providing that the power to incur indebtedness and issue bonds
therefor under the provisions of this Act is additional and alter-
native authority for borrowing money and shall be regarded as
supplemental and additional to powers conferred upon the County
by other laws.

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 Dorchester County, and the term "public facilities"
shall mean the following:

(a)    the construction, improvement, repair, opening, relocation,
grading, resurfacing, widening, extension and drainage of all pub-
lic roads, streets, highways and sidewalks in the County now or
hereafter maintained and operated by or under the jurisdiction of
the County, including the acquisition of necessary rights of way,
the acquisition of equipment for highway construction, maintenance
and repair and planning and engineering services; the planning,
design, construction, reconstruction and improvement of free bridges
constituting parts of said roads, streets, or highways; the planning,
construction, repair and permanent improvement of any storm water
drainage systems necessary in the County;

(b)    the construction, reconstruction, extension, acquisition, im-
provement, enlargement, alteration, repair and modernization of
(i) any structure to house any of the functions of county govern-
ment or administration, especially but not limited to office buildings,
and (ii) the Dorchester County Courthouse, including the acquisi-
tion and development of sites therefor, the architectural and en-
gineering services incident thereto and the acquisition and installa-
tion of necessary furnishings and fixed permanent equipment there-
for;

(c)    the construction of a county health center, including the
acquisition and development of sites therefor, the architectural and
engineering services incident thereto and the acquisition and instal-