EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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Baltimore, Howard and Anne Arundel Counties, such lands

or properties as may be necessary for the purposes' of such

extension ; to develop and improve the same for park pur-

poses, without regard to the provisions of Section 840 of

Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore,' of the Code of Public

Local Laws of Maryland, as amended by Chapter 453 of the

Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, approved April

8, 1902.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Genera! Assembly of Mary-

Authority to
issue stock

land. That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and

for extension
of Baltimore's

it is hereby authorized to issue its stock to an amount not ex-

park system.

ceeding one million dollars, said stock to be issued from time

to time as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall by

ordinance prescribe, and to be issued for such amounts and

to be payable at such time and to bear such rate of interest

as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall by ordinance

provide : and the proceeds thereof to be used for the exten-

sion of the present park system of the City of Baltimore, and

for the development and improvement for park purposes of

the lands over which it shall he so extended, in such manner

as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall, by special

ordinance or ordinances or by the annual Ordinance of Esti-

mates, prescribe; but said stock shall not be issued in whole

or in part unless the ordinance of the Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore providing for the issuance thereof shall be sub-

mitted to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore at such

To be sub-
mitted to a

time and place as may be fixed by said ordinance, and be ap-

vote of its

proved by a majority of the votes cast at such time and place,

citizens.

as required by Section 7 of Article 11 of the Constitution of

Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and City Council .

of Baltimore, acting by and through the agency of the Board

Power to ac-
quire property

of Park Commissioners, may acquire, by gift, purchase, lease,

by gift, pur-
chase, etc.

whatever the duration of the lease, or other like methods of

acquisition, or by condemnation, any land situate wholly or

partly within the City of Baltimore, or within the Counties

of Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Howard, or any interest,

franchise, easement, right or privilege therein, which may be

required for the purpose of extending said park system, as

aforesaid, or any part or parts thereof ; and when and so often

as resort shall be had to condemnation proceedings, the pro-

cedure shall be that marked out by Sections 248 to 253, in-

clusive, of Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of