16                                   Laws of Maryland                             Ch. 4

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Chapter 403 of the Laws of Maryland
of 1969 be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and that new Section 12A be and it is hereby added to said
Chapter 403, all to read as follows:

4.

That so much of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds or Certifi-
cates of Indebtedness [thereof] as may be necessary shall be paid
by the Treasurer of the State upon the warrant of the Comptroller
out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds or Certificates of
Indebtedness for the payment of the expense of engraving, printing
and other outlays connected with the issue of the loan hereby au-
thorized and for the payment of the advertising directed by this
Act, and all other incidental expenses connected with the execution
of its provisions in connection with said loan.

5.

That the actual cash proceeds of the Sale of Certificates of Indebt-
edness to be issued under this Act shall be paid to the Treasurer of
the State upon the warrant of the Comptroller, and such proceeds
shall be used exclusively for the following purposes, to wit:

1. The Comptroller shall immediately upon the sale of and pay-
ment for said certificates, first, return to and credit the Treasury
for a sum equivalent to the amount expended, as provided in Section
4 of this Act.

2.   The remainder of the proceeds of such loan shall be credited
on the books of the State Comptroller, to be expended to fund a five-
year, statewide [assistance] program [designed to make funds
available! for the acquisition and development of outdoor recreation
and open space areas. The name of this program shall be "Program
Open Space."

(a)    For purposes of this Program, the term "Subdivision" shall
mean counties, municipalities, or any governmental agency thereof,
which is charged with providing or which currently provides outdoor
recreation and open space areas.

(b)    One-half of the funds available under this Program shall
be appropriated by the General Assembly to the following State
agencies: The Department of Game and Inland Fish, the Department
of Forests and Parks, and the Department of Chesapeake Bay
Affairs. These funds shall be used for State acquisition projects.

(1) A portion of the State's share of the funds available under
this program shall be utilized for making grants to Baltimore City
for the acquisition of land within Baltimore City which will be
part of the Patapsco River Park and the Jones Falls Cylburn Park.
These grants shall be in addition to any funds that Baltimore City
is eligible to receive under subsection (c) of this Section. In order to
be eligible for a State grant, the parcels of land to be acquired
within Baltimore City must be reviewed by the Department of
Forests and Parks and the parcel or parcels, including the cost thereof,
must be approved by the Board of Public Works. Title to such parcel
or parcels shall be in the name of the Mayor and City Council of