110 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 56

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety and shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 9, 1920.

CHAPTER 56.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council
of Hagerstown to borrow the sum of twenty thousand
dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary by the
issue and sale of coupon bonds upon the faith and credit
of Hagerstown, the proceeds therefrom to be used for the
purpose of building, constructing and equipping a lake
upon the land within the City Park belonging to the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown; providing for the
payment of interest on said bonds, the redemption of
said bonds when due and payable, providing that the pro-
ceeds therefrom be paid out by the Park Commission of
Hagerstown for the purposes of this Act; with power to
said Park Commission to make and enforce rules and
regulations governing the use of said lake as may be
necessary and providing for the submission of the ques-
tion of issuing said bonds to the qualified voters of Ha-
gerstown at the regular municipal election to be held in
said city on the fourth Monday in March. 1920.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, be and it
is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of
money not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, upon the faith and credit of
Hagerstown, as hereinafter provided, and to issue and sell
coupon bonds to raise said sum of money, which issue of bonds
shall be known and designated as Series 2 of Park Bends, and
the money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be applied
and used exclusively for the purpose of building, construct-
ing and equipping a lake upon the lands within the City
Park belonging to the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That to provide for
the borrowing of money as authorized by the preceding sec-