PUBLIC WORKS—BOARD OF 2999

when the said Maryland Emergency Housing and Park Commission shall
be appointed as herein provided and thereafter assume and discharge the
rights, powers and duties conferred by this sub-title.¹

1935, ch. 396, sec. 20.

21. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, con-
struction and operation of public works as defined in this sub-title, located
within their respective territorial boundaries, any municipality, county or
local sub-division within this State may, upon such terms, as it may deter-
mine:

(a) grant, sell, convey, lease or donate any of its property to. the State
of Maryland, or to the Maryland Emergency Housing and Park Commis-
sion, or to any corporation formed by said Commission under the authority
of Section 17 (e) of this sub-title; and

(b) to the extent that it is within the scope of each of their respective
functions, (1) cause the services customarily provided by each of them to
be rendered for the benefit of the occupants of such public works, and (2)
provide and maintain parks and sewage, water and other facilities adjacent
to or in connection with such public works, and (3) enter into any agree-
ment to open, close, pave, install, or change the grade of streets, alleys or
sidewalks within the corporate limits of any municipality, and/or to plan,
replan, zone or rezone any areas within the corporate limits of any munici-
pality.

In connection with the exercise of this power, any municipality or county
may incur the entire expense of any such public improvements located
within its territorial boundaries without assessment against abutting prop-
erty owners.

1935, ch. 396, sec. 21.

22. For the purpose of enabling the Maryland Emergency Housing
and Park Commission, to administer the provisions of this sub-title, the
Board of Public Works of Maryland is hereby authorized and empowered
to allocate to said Commission from time to time, such sum or sums as
said Board may deem necessary out of any funds made available for such
purpose, or out of any contingent .funds, appropriated under the pro-
visions of Chapter 597 of the Acts of 1933, or under the provisions of any
subsequent Appropriation Act.

Any county or municipality within the territorial boundaries of which
public works as defined in this sub-title are located or about to be located,
shall have power annually and from time to time, to make donations or
advances to said Commission in such sums as such county or municipality
in its discretion may determine, such advances or appropriations to be
made for the purpose of aiding or cooperating in the construction and
operation of such public works.

1935, ch. 396, sec. 2.

23. Should any section or part of a section of this sub-title be held to
be invalid for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting
the validity of any remaining section or part of a section of this sub-title,
it being the Legislative intent that the remainder of this sub-title shall
stand, notwithstanding the invalidity of such section or part of a section.

¹ Sec. 3 of ch. 32 of acts of 1933 (Special Session) repealed all laws inconsistent there-
with to extent of such inconsistency.