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ART. XXXI] WAR EMERGENCY LOAN. 241
1918, Chapter 284. The balance of said proceeds shall be used exclu-
sively, as far as the same are required, and in the manner and subject
to the discretion hereinafter more particularly described, for any or
all of the following purposes, (but only in the event that other funds
therefor are not available), it being hereby declared that said purposes
are necessary for the defense of the State; that is to say:
(a) For the purpose of meeting such expenses and disbursements of
the Maryland Council of Defense as may be lawfully authorized and
incurred, and as the "War Loan of 1917" may be insufficient to pro-
vide for.
(b) For the purpose of meeting expenses and disbursements inci-
dent to the organization, training, equipment, arming, ammunitioning
and maintaining of the Maryland State Guard.
(c) For the purpose of providing for the guarding, transportation,
lodging, feeding, clothing and medical and other care and attention of
such prisoners as may be required to work on the public roads and
bridges or on any other public works or property.
(d) For the purpose of promoting or aiding in any way whatsoever
in the conservation, production or regulation of agricultural, food or
dairy products or supplies, with authority to make such payments to
or in connection with such existing boards, commissions or other agen-
cies or instrumentalities, State or National, or otherwise, as may be
expedient.
(e) For any and all such other purposes not herein specifically
enumerated as may be deemed necessary and proper in the discretion
of the said Executive Committee, by and with the sanction and approval
of the Governor, for the defense of the State, the safety and health of
its people and the protection of property, and to aid the State or the
United States in the present war; and also for the purpose of carrying
into effect the provisions of any Act or Acts of Assembly, which are not
herein specifically mentioned, but which may be intended or may be
resorted to for the defense of the State, or the safeguarding of its
people and property, or otherwise aiding the State or the United States,
in the present war, whether such Act or Acts of Assembly are now exist-
ing cr may hereafter be passed.
(f) The purposes above mentioned shall be liberally construed, and
any and all expenditures which can fairly be said to be desirable or
appropriate to effectuate any of them, and to carry out the objects of
this sub-title, are authorized to be made out of the loan hereby pro-
vided for.
1918, ch. 284, sec. 7.
61. The said Executive Committee of the Maryland Council of
Defense, by and with the approval and sanction of the Governor, shall,
from time to time, investigate and determine the purposes aforesaid for
which, or for some or any of which, the proceeds of the loan hereby
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