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such certificate of residence shall be valid for a period of one year
from the date of issuance.

(f) The president of each community college shall, within ten

days after the commencement of each college term, submit to the

State Superintendent of Schools as list of nonresident students at-
tending such college on the basis of certificates of residence issued

pursuant to subsection (e) and a statement of the amount appor-

tioned to an payable by each subdivision. The State Superintendent
of Schools or such officers of employees thereof as shall be designated

by him by a rule or written direction filed with the State Comp-

troller when and in the manner authorized by the State Board of

Education shall thereupon certify to the State Comptroller such

amounts as are due and payable by each such subdivision. The

State Superintendent of Schools shall also notify the chief fiscal

officer of each subdivision of the amount due and payable by such

subdivision as set forth in such certificate. The amount so certified

shall thereupon be paid by the State as an advance to the chief

fiscal officer of such community college after audit by and upon the
warrant of the State Comptroller.

(g) Each political subdivision for which the State has made such
an advance payment shall reimburse the State for the amount thereof.

On or before October first of each year, the State Comptroller shall

submit to the chief fiscal officer of each political subdivision a

statement of the amount to be so reimbursed to the State by such
subdivision. Payment to the State of the amount specified shall be

made by each subdivision on or before February fifteenth of the
succeeding year. In the event that any political subdivision fails to

make such payment to the State on or before the date when due

the State Comptroller may, after written notice to the chief fiscal

officer of such subdivision, deduct such amount from any moneys pay-
able by the State to the subdivision. Amounts so received or

deducted by the State pursuant to this section shall be used to reim-

burse the local assistance fund in the general fund for any advances
made from such fund for the purpose of making advance payments
pursuant to this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 767
(House Bill 1360)

AN ACT to add new Sections 116A and 116B to the Code of Public
Local Laws of Allegany County (1963 Edition, being Article 1 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany
County," subtitle "Cresaptown Special Taxing Area," to follow
immediately after Section 116 thereof, to authorize, empower,
and direct the said "Cresaptown Civic Improvement Association,"
a corporation, to provide for the construction, maintenance, and
operation of street lights within the said "Cresaptown Special