200 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 95]

after for the erection of any building or buildings thereon shall
be charged against the moneys levied for the General Purpose
Account of the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted. That in the event the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown shall not have sufficient funds levied
for the General Purpose Account and available for the purposes
of this act to pay the purchase money, then the said Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown are authorized and empowered, in addi-
tion to the levy now authorized by law to be made for general
purposes, to levy such additional sum upon the assessable prop-
erty of Hagerstown, not to exceed the sum of ten (10) cents
on each one hundred dollars of taxable property of Hagers-
town for the annual levy following the date of the purchase
or condemnation of said realty; and for the year following
the determination by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown of
the extent and character of the improvements to be made upon
said lot for its use for municipal purposes, the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown may make a second levy to provide
sufficient funds to finish paying for improvements on said lot;
nothing herein contained, however, shall authorize the Mayor
and Council to issue any bond or bonds or borrow any money
upon the faith and credit of the Mayor and Council of Hagers-
town under any pretext whatsoever. And nothing herein con-
tained shall require the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown to
make any immediate use of said lot or property after the same
may be duly and legally acquired but the Mayor and Council
of Hagerstown may hold said lot and property rights until
such future time as they may deem it necessary or advisable to
improve said lot, and the provisions herein contained including
the authority to make a special levy therefor, shall continue in
full force and effect until said date and time, unless this act is
modified hereafter by other acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent herewith (in so far as the same may be incon-
sistent) are declared to be inoperative and of none effect

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1912.