MARVIN HANDEL, Governor                        643

ING PART OR ALL OF ITS FUNDS FROM OR THROUGH ANY
SUCH COUNTY, TOWN, MUNICIPALITY, SPECIAL TAXING
AREA OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE,
AND ALSO INCLUDING ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION
CREATED BY AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR
PUBLIC PURPOSE AND NOT FOR THE PROFIT OF ANY PRIV-
ATE PERSON OR CORPORATION. THE INTERSTATE COMMIS-
SION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN, A COOPERATIVE
LIBRARY CORPORATION, AND THE UPPER POTOMAC RIVER
COMMISSION SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A MUNICI-
PAL CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATION
IN THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Sec. 2 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 196
(House Bill 910)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 182B
(c), (d), and (f) of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Public
Education," subtitle "Chapter 16. Public Libraries," to increase
the State contribution to the Public Library Incentive Fund.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 182B (c), (d), and (f) of Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement),
title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 16. Public Libraries," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

182B.

(c)    Amount to be paid to counties and Baltimore City—The
Public Library Incentive Fund to be included in the State budget
and paid to the board of county commissioners, county council, or
the mayor and city council of Baltimore, shall be the difference
between (1) the sum of [twenty-five cents (25˘)] fifty cents (50˘)
multiplied by the population in each county or the City of Baltimore,
the population figures used in such determination to be based on
the latest federal census and in intervening years, on estimates of
the Division of Vital Statistics of the State Department of Health,
as of April 1 of the previous calendar year, and (2) the amount
realized by the levy of one-half cent (˝˘) in each of the counties
and the City of Baltimore for the purposes specified in subsection
(a) of this section.

(d)    Same—If the board of county commissioners, county coun-
cil, or the mayor and city council of Baltimore levy only a fractional
part of one-half cent (˝˘) for the purposes specified in subsection
(a) of this section, the Public Library Incentive Fund shall be an