2452                                County Local Laws

of the Charter of Wicomico County, Maryland, as adopted by the
voters of Wicomico County, Maryland, on November 3,1964, providing
fiscal control of capital moneys within authorized bond issues and other
evidences of debt.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND, that Section 709, title, "Appropria-
tion Control of Capital Funds" of Article VII entitled "Budgetary and
fiscal procedures" of the Charter of Wicomico County, Maryland, be and
it is hereby enacted to read as follows:

SECTION 709 APPROPRIATION CONTROL OF CAPITAL FUNDS.
NO FUNDS RESULTING FROM THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, CER-
TIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, NOTES OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS
OF THE COUNTY, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 310,
MAY BE EXPENDED FOR ANY PROJECT OR PROJECTS NOT EX-
PRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND AUTHOR-
IZING LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING SAID FUNDS, TRANSFER OF
APPROPRIATIONS AMONG THE ITEMS SET FORTH THEREIN
SHALL BE AUTHORIZED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY
COUNCIL, BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL COSTS OF ANY
ONE PROJECT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE (125)
PERCENT OF THE AUTHORIZED AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN THE
ENABLING LEGISLATION. ANY SURPLUS FUNDS UNEXPENDED
AT THE COMPLETION OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THE
ENABLING LEGISLATION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL
PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NEXT SUCCEEDING THE YEAR
IN WHICH SAID BALANCE IS ASCERTAINED.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that this Act, having
been approved by not less than four members of the County Council of
Wicomico County, said proposed amendments shall be published by the
Administrative Director in one or more newspapers of general circulation
in Wicomico County once each week for five successive weeks prior to the
next General election or Congressional election occurring after the passage
hereof and at said election the question shall be submitted to the voters of
the County and if at said election the majority of the votes cast on the
question shall be in favor of the herein proposed amendments, such amend-
ments shall stand adopted and become a part of the Charter of Wicomico
County, Maryland, from and after the thirtieth day following said election
in accordance with Article XI, Section 1102 of the Charter of Wicomico
County, Maryland.

CERTIFIED CORRECT AS PASSED

Richard S. Wootten, President
David H. Clark, Secretary

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT twenty-five (25) copies of the above
Bill are available for distribution to the public and press at the time of its
introduction.

David H. Clark, Secretary