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maintenance of said State roads, shall have power and au-
thority to employ such engineers, assistants and other em-
ployees, and purchase such equipment, appliances and ma-
terials as may be reasonably requisite and necessary for the
purposes aforesaid.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That Section 48A of
Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "State Roads", sub-title "Duties and Powers", as
amended by Chapter 964 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

48A. (1) The Legislature of the State of Maryland hereby
assents to the provisions of the following Acts of Congress
and amendments thereto; Act of Congress approved July 11,
1916, entitled "Federal-Aid Act", and Act of Congress ap-
proved November 9, 1921, entitled "Federal-Highway Act",
and Act of Congress, approved December 20, 1944, entitled
"Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944". The term "Federal Acts"
when used in this section means the aforesaid Acts, as from
time to time amended or supplemented, together with subse-
quent Acts of Congress of like character and together with
rules and regulations lawfully promulgated in connection with
any such Acts.

(2) The State Roads Commission of Maryland, on its own
behalf or on behalf of any county, the City of Baltimore, any
city, municipality, town, special taxing area or other State
or local agency or subdivision of government in the State
of Maryland, and the counties, the City of Baltimore, the
cities, municipalities, towns, special taxing areas and other
State and local agencies and subdivisions of government in the
State of Maryland and their duly elected or appointed officers
are hereby expressly authorized and empowered, respectively,
to do any and all acts and things necessary or desirable to
comply with the terms, conditions and provisions and to obtain
the benefit of the provisions of the Federal Acts.

(3) To effectuate the aforegoing, the counties, City of
Baltimore, the cities, municipalities, towns, special taxing
areas and the other agencies and sub-divisions of government
in the State of Maryland, and their duly elected or appointed
officers are hereby authorized and empowered to raise funds
by issuing bonds, interim certificates, and other evidences of
debt and by taxation; and such power and authority shall be
in addition to the powers conferred by any other law. Bonds
may be issued under this sub-title, notwithstanding any debt
or other limitation prescribed by any other law. It is the