HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3153

County are hereby directed to guarantee [said] THE bonds in
substantially the manner and form of the guarantee of the
construction bonds of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission. Such guarantee shall operate as a pledge of the
full faith and credit of the county commissioners of Prince
George's County to the payment of the maturing principal and
interest of [said] THE bonds and, to the extent that the
taxes hereinafter in this subsection provided for are
inadequate to provide the funds necessary to pay such
principal and interest in any year, [said] THE county
[commissioners] COUNCIL shall levy upon all property subject
to taxation within its corporate limits ad valorem taxes in
rate and amount sufficient to make up any such deficiency.
For the purpose of paying the principal of [said] THE bonds
as they mature and the interest thereon the [county
commissioners of] Prince George's County [are directed to]
COUNCIL SHALL levy annually upon all of the property
assessed for county tax purposes within the portion of the
Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District in Prince George's
County, upon the certification of the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission, an ad valorem tax at a
rate necessary to produce annually the sum required to pay
the principal and interest for the current year on [said]
THE bonds or any part thereof outstanding, which tax shall
be levied and collected as other commission ad valorem taxes
are levied and collected and paid to [said] THE commission.

(c)  Whenever an appropriation shall have been made by
the United States of America for the construction in whole
or in part of any project for flood control in the valley of
the Anacostia River in the vicinity of Bladensburg and
adjacent communities in Prince George's County, Maryland,
thereupon the state roads commission is authorized and
directed to pay out of its general funds such sums as are
required to pay for the cost of building and relocating
complete all state highways and bridges within the limits of
such flood control and navigation projects in the Anacostia
River basin in Maryland as may be approved by the federal
government, provided, however, that [said] THE total amount
shall not be in excess of $1,500,000.

(d)  The proceeds from all bond issues hereinbefore
authorized to be issued under this section shall be turned
over to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, with
which proceeds it shall establish a separate fund to be
designated as the "flood control and navigation fund", from
which fund all costs of [said] THE flood control and
navigation projects, other than costs to be borne by the
federal government and the state roads commission shall be
paid. The proceeds from the bonds authorized to be issued
by this section shall be applied toward the cost of
constructing and relocating all county highways and bridges
complete, the construction of recreational and commercial
boat basins and the construction of necessary internal
drainage facilities, the relocation of utility structures
and for the acquisition of land and buildings which it is
necessary to acquire for the flood control and navigation
projects.