The county commissioners of said county may, and are authorized hereby to, levy a special tax, to an amount sufficient to pay for the ground purchased or condemned and the erection thereon of said memorial hall, within the period of ten years from the erection thereof. Such tax shall be levied and collected from all taxable persons and property of the county, and the rate of such tax shall not exceed two mills on the property taxable for county purposes in any one year. Such memorial hall shall be and remain the property of, and shall be maintained at the expense of, the county. The county commissioners may borrow moneys or issue bonds for the purchase and construction above mentioned; the said loans or bonds to be paid within or at the expiration of the tax period above prescribed.
53 P.S. § 13623