136 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 97

CHAPTER 97.
(Senate Bill 136')

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore to issue certificates of indebtedness of said cor-
poration to an amount not exceeding two million, five
hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000.00), the proceeds
of the same to be expended for the acquisition, by pur-
chase or condemnation of land or property in the City
of Baltimore and establishing, constructing and equip-

ping a modern and adequate stadium and all facilities
and appurtenances necessary or useful in connection
with the operation of a modern stadium on said land
or property or on any land or property now or hereafter
owned or controlled by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, or for establishing, constructing and equip-
ping an entirely new and modern stadium and all facili-
ties and appurtenances necessary or useful in connection
with the operation of a modern stadium on a portion
of Venable Park located in Baltimore City or for recon-
structing, enlarging, extending, improving, renovating
and modernizing the existing Baltimore Stadium located
within a portion of Venable Park, including, but not
limited to, the cconstruction, erection or installation of
all facilities or appurtenances necessary or useful in
connection with the operation of a modern stadium and
the construction and erection of a roof over all or a
portion of said stadium and for doing any and all things
necessary in connection with or pertaining to any or
all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; and
to authorize said municipality to submit an ordinance
or ordinances for said purpose to the legal voters of
Baltimore City.

SECTlON 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and it
is hereby authorized to issue the certificates of indebted-
ness of said corporation to an amount not exceeding Two
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00),
the said certificates of indebtedness to be issued from time
to time and for such amounts, and payable at such periods,
and to bear such rate or rates of interest, all as the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore shall by ordinance or ordi-
nances from time to time provide; but said certificates of
indebtedness shall not be issued in whole or in part unless
an ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore providing for the issuance thereof shall be