MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1443

and interest on the bonds issued pursuant to this Act
will be met during the ensuing taxable year from funds
appropriated by the General Assembly, as provided in
Section 6 of this Act. Upon, and to the extent of, such
determination by the Board of Public Works, the Governor
shall, by proclamation issued pursuant to a resolution of
the Board of Public Works, declare that the taxes
required by this section shall not be collected or levied
in any such ensuing taxable year.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED,   That all

matters committed by this Act to the discretion     of the

Board of Public Works shall be determined by a   majority
of said Board.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any
portion (word,, sentence, paragraph, proviso or section)
of this act shall be held invalid for any reason, the
remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
effect, and such invalid portion shall be considered
severed and deleted from this Act,

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 352
(Senate Bill 521)
AN ACT concerning

Allegany County — Tax Credits for Improved
Historic Structures

FOR the purpose of providing a schedule of county tax
credits on real property on which improvements are
made on certified historic and architecturally
significant structures in Allegany County.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

Section 9C(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)