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recreational facilities, and to make such contracts containing
such terms, provisions and conditions as in the discretion
of the Mayor and City Council may seem necessary, proper
or advisable for the purpose of obtaining or securing grants
or financial assistance from any Federal or State agency
willing to extend the same in furtherance of the purposes of
this Act.

SEC. 5. And 'be it further enacted, That any and all Acts
or parts of Acts or any part or parts of the Charter of the
City of Cumberland conflicting in any way herewith is or are
repealed insofar and to the extent that the same shall so
conflict, and none of the limitations or restrictions upon the
power of the said Mayor and City Council to borrow money
or issue and sell bonds contained in the Charter of said
municipality or in any other law which limits, restricts or
in any way affects the powers herein granted, nor any of the
provisions of Chapter 630 of the Acts of 1939 or any amend-
ments or supplements thereto of the General Assembly of
Maryland, shall be applicable hereto.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That before the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland shall issue and sell any of
the bonds authorized by this Act, it shall first submit the
said bond issue to a referendum of the general voters of the
City of Cumberland, either at the next General Election
within said City or at a Special Election, to be ordered by
said Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, pursuant to
the provisions of the present law; and at said election there
shall be printed on the ballot the words "For Playground
Bonds", together with a square opposite said phrase for the
X mark of the voters, and there shall also be printed on said
ballot, the phrase "Against Playground Bonds", together
with a square opposite the same for the X mark of the voters,
and if at said General or Special Election, the majority of
all votes cast shall be for the said Playground Bonds, then
the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland shall be and is
hereby authorized to issue and sell the same, but if the
majority of said votes cast at said General or Special Elec-
tion shall be against said Playground Bonds, then this Act
shall be null and void and no bonds shall be issued or sold
thereunder.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take,
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 16, 1947.