(a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of sections 13a-184 to 13a-197, inclusive, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of temporary notes as hereinafter provided, and from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the state, hereinafter referred to as securities, in one or more series and in principal amounts not in the aggregate exceeding one hundred thirty-two million one hundred thousand dollars. From the revenues anticipated to be available to the Commissioner of Transportation in the Highway Fund for the biennium ending June 30, 1963, appropriation of the sum of twenty-five million dollars for said biennium is hereby made, and from the revenues anticipated to be available to the commissioner in the Highway Fund for the biennium ending June 30, 1967, appropriation of the sum of twenty-five million five hundred thousand dollars for said biennium is hereby made, and said aggregate sum of fifty million five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated for highway construction and other purposes as provided in said sections and in subsections (d) and (e) of § 13b-26.

(b) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of sections 13a-184 to 13a-197, inclusive, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of temporary notes as hereinafter provided, and from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the state, hereinafter referred to as securities, in one or more series and in principal amounts not in the aggregate exceeding four hundred fifty-nine million four hundred thousand dollars.