1418                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 607

1.    The Comptroller immediately upon the sale SHALL IMME-
DIATELY UPON THE SALE OF and the payment for said certifi-
cates, first, returns to and credits to RETURN TO AND CREDIT
the treasury for a sum equivalent to the amount expended, as pro-
vided in Section 4 of this Act.

2.    The remainder of the proceeds of said loan are SUCH LOAN
SHALL BE credited on the books of the State Treasury Depart
ment COMPTROLLER, to be expended to supplement the financing
of the construction of area vocational school buildings, and the pur-
chase of initial and permanent equipment, and to supplement the
cost of the acquisition of such real estate as may be required in con-
nection therewith by each of the counties in this State, and by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore upon the following terms and
conditions:

(a)   Whenever any one or more counties or Baltimore City desires
to participate in the financial assistance which is provided for under
the terms and conditions of this Act, the county commissioners,
county council, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, thereof
shall file a petition with the State Board of Education, with such
information as the State Board of Education shall require, together
with complete plans for each project for which financial assistance
is desired.

(b)   Upon receipt of the petition, the State Board of Education shall
make a written finding of fact addressed to the Board of Public
Works, in the form of a recommendation to that Board advising it
which of the requests for financial assistance made by any of the
counties or by the City of Baltimore, should be allowed and which
should be denied. In making the finding of fact, the State Board of
Education, will at the request of the Board of Public Works, deter-
mine a priority of need for area vocational schools as between any
one or more counties in the State and the City of Baltimore. No grant
of financial assistance is allowed until such grant has been finally rati-
fied and approved by the Board of Public Works, which certifies the

allocation of State funds to the Treasurer of the State, who makes

ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO THE STATE TREAS-
URER AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER WHO WILL ISSUE
HIS WARRANT ON THE TREASURER OF THE STATE TO
MAKE them available to the county or city when needed for con-
struction of the project. The decision of the Board of Public Works
in this regard is made in such form as the Board deems advis-
able. AND PROPER AND IT IS FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE
UPON ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.

(c)  The amount of financial assistance granted to any of the
counties or the City of Baltimore under the terms and conditions of
this Act shall be fifty per cent (50%) of the total cost of the project
or an amount equal to the percentage of the cost of the project that
a county or Baltimore City received from