3132 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 697
ALLOCATED FROM THE 48 DAYS SHALL BE PAID IN EQUAL AMOUNTS
TO THE COUNTIES WHERE TRACKS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 7 ARE
LOCATED AND TO BALTIMORE COUNTY IN THE CASE OF THE 18
DAYS AWARDED TO THE MARYLAND STATE FAIR AND AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY, INCORPORATED SO LONG AS THESE FUNDS ARE USED TO
ASSIST THE FUNDING OF FACILITIES WITHIN SIX MILES OF THE
RESPECTIVE RACE TRACKS AND NECESSITATED BY THE PRESENCE
OF SUCH TRACKS. HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF MONIES ALLOCATED
TO PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FROM THIS ADDITIONAL REVENUE
MAY BE USED JOINTLY WITH, OR A SHARE OF SUCH MONIES MAY
BE APPROPRIATED TO, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY BY PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING ACCESS ROADS
AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE BOWIE RACE TRACK.]] OF THIS
REVENUE, BALTIMORE CITY, ANNE ARUNDEL AND PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTIES SHALL EACH RECEIVE 30 PERCENT AND HOWARD COUNTY
SHALL RECEIVE 10 PERCENT. THE LIMITATION ON THE
ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT OF REVENUE TO THE POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE 18 ADDITIONAL DAYS OF
RACING AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 15 OF THIS ARTICLE TO BE
AWARDED AFTER JUNE 1, 1974 TO THE MARYLAND STATE FAIR AND
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, INCORPORATED, AND THE REVENUE FOR
THESE ADDITIONAL DAYS OF RACING SHALL BE CALCULATED IN
THE SAME MANNER AS APPLIES TO THE FIRST 10 DAYS.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C), THIS
ADDITIONAL REVENUE SHALL BE PAID TO BALTIMORE COUNTY TO
ASSIST THE FUNDING OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES WITHIN SIX
MILES OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RACE TRACK AND OCCASIONED BY
ITS PRESENCE. All such revenues and license fees paid
over to the Comptroller of the treasury shall be
allocated and credited to the general funds of the State
alone. Solely for the 1957 fiscal year, which commences
July 1, 1956, if the county commissioners of each county
and the mayor and city council of Baltimore have levied a
minimum of five cents on each [one hundred dollars] $100
of their taxable basis for the purpose of financing the
construction of public school buildings and public school
facilities and have otherwise complied with the
requirements of § 222 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, as amended by Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1956,
then in accordance with the procedure for Incentive Fund
payments established by subsection (7) of § 222 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, there shall
be paid from the increased revenues accruing under the
provisions of this section to the State's general fund,
the sum of (five dollars[[x]]] $5 for each and every
pupil enrolled respectively in the public schools in each
such county or in the City of Baltimore. The sum
[hereby[[X]] allocated from increased racing revenues
shall be payable only for the 1957 fiscal year and shall
be in addition to any other provisions for school
purposes in the 1957 State budget, including any other
allowances for the Incentive Fund for school
construction. Such amounts as may be made available
under the provisions of this subsection to each county
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