352 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 232

($55,000.00), and that the residue of said proceeds shall be
placed in a separate fund and used by the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of Frostburg for the purpose of improving the General
Water System of said City and for no other purpose or pur-
poses.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the full faith,
credit and resources of said City shall be pledged for the
payment of said Bonds and the interest thereon as the same
respectively mature and for the purpose of paying such in-
terest as it falls due and also for the purpose of paying and
discharging the principal of said bonds at maturity, the said
Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg shall levy a tax upon
all of the assessable property in said City in each of the
years while the said Bonds, or any of them are outstanding
sufficient for that purpose; provided that said City shall
each year apply such amount of the revenues from the Water
Works of said City as may be available to pay such interest
and principal as they become due and only such amount of
the aforesaid tax shall be levied and collected as may be
necessary to meet any deficiencies of available Water Reve-
nues used for the aforesaid purpose.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Bonds here-
under authorized shall be issued in addition to and exclusive
of the 7 per cent bonded indebtedness on the assessed valua-
tion of property in the City of Frostburg authorized by Sec-
tion 145 of Chapter 31 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1922, and that any and all Acts or parts of
Acts, or any part or parts of the Charter of the City of Frost-
burg conflicting in any way herewith, is or are repealed inso-
far and to the extent that the same shall so conflict, and none
of the limitations or restrictions on the power of the Mayor
and Councilmen of Frostburg to borrow money or issue and
sell bonds contained in the Charter of said City, or in any
other law which limits, restricts or in any way affects the
power herein granted, nor any of the provisions of Sections
34 to 36 of Article 31 of the Annotated Code (1939 Edition),
as amended by Chapter 532 of the Acts of 1945, shall be
applicable thereto.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 29, 1947.