1430 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 569

a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all of the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 568.

AN ACT to add one new section to Article 1A of the Code of
Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Allegany
County, " sub-title "City of Cumberland, " known as the
Charter of the City of Cumberland, said new section to be
known as Section 46A.

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 569.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Havre de Grace, State of Maryland, to issue
bonds on the faith and credit of said City, in an amount
as in the judgment of the said Mayor and City Council shall
be necessary and expedient, not to exceed the sum of three
hundred thousand ($300, 000. 00) dollars, the proceeds there-
of to be used in the purchase, erection, maintenance and con-
struction of an Electric Light and Power Plant, transmis-
sion and distribution system, after having first submitted the
question to and having received the approval of a majority
of the qualified voters of said City voting on the question at
said election.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That whenever the Mayor and City
Council of the City of Havre de Grace, State of Maryland,
shall determine that it is advantageous for the City's interest
to purchase or erect an Electric Light and Power Plant, trans-
mission and distribution system, for the purpose of supplying
electricity for municipal needs and to the inhabitants of said
City and vicinity for domestic and other purposes or uses
having first obtained the approval and consent of the majority
of the legally qualified voters of said City voting on the ques-
tion, they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on
the faith and credit of said City, an amount necessary in their
judgment, to purchase or erect an Electric Light and Power
Plant, transmission and distribution system, for said City, and