and preserving and maintaining the same as public places and
parks, and which, by existing laws, are now exempt from
taxation, and all lands and property heretofore or hereafter
acquired for the purpose of conservation of water, or to prevent
flood conditions, upon which a tax is imposed by existing laws
payable by the Commonwealth, shall hereafter be subject to an
annual charge of [forty cents] one dollar and sixty cents per
acre plus eighty cents per acre as a supplement for the benefit
of the county in which said lands are located, [forty cents] one
dollar and sixty cents per acre plus eighty cents per acre as a
supplement for the benefit of the schools in the respective
school districts in which such lands are located, and [forty
cents] one dollar and sixty cents per acre plus eighty cents per
acre as a supplement for the benefit of the township where such
lands are located, which charge shall be payable by the
Commonwealth, subject to the availability of funds pursuant to
section 2(b)(2). (b) Except as hereinafter provided, the annual
charge payable by the Commonwealth on land acquired by the
Government of the United States for forest reserves is to
continue only until the receipts of money by treasurers and
township supervisors of the said counties and school districts
and townships in which national forest reserves are located,
provided for in act of April twenty-seventh, one thousand nine
hundred twenty-five, Pamphlet Laws, three hundred twenty-four,
shall equal or exceed the amount paid by the Commonwealth in
lieu of taxes. This subsection shall not apply to the annual
charge per acre for the benefit of the county in which the land
acquired by the Government of the United States for forest
reserves is located for the years one thousand nine hundred
fifty-three, one thousand nine hundred fifty-four, one thousand
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