840 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 448

not exceeding the aggregate of $10, 000 bearing interest at
not exceeding 6%, which sum shall be repayable out of the
proceeds of the tax levied for the use of the Commission one-
third in each year next succeeding.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in the prepara-
tion and making of the plan, and in the acquisition and devel-
opment of land or other property or other acts incident to the
carrying out of the plan, the Commission may act in conjunc-
tion and co-operation with the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission created by Act of Congress, approved
April 30, 1926, and the Commission is hereby designated by
the State of Maryland as the representative of the State of
Maryland for this purpose. The Commission is furthest em-
powered to act in conjunction and co-operation with other
representatives or officials of the United States Government
or of the District of Columbia or of the State of Maryland,
including the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, or
of the State of Virginia or of Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties or of any municipality or other local subdivision
within said counties or within said states. All public officials
of the State of Maryland and of said Counties shall upon
request furnish to the Commission within a reasonable time,
such available information and data as it may require for its
work. The maps, surveys, engineering data, and other records
of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission are here-
by made available for the use of the Commission, and the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is hereby directed
to furnish, at cost, such engineering service and advice as may
be requested from time to time by the Commission. For the
purpose of financing or assisting in the financing of the acqui-
sition of land or other property for parks, parkways, forests,
streets, roads, boulevards or other public ways, grounds or
spaces within the District, or for the improvement or develop-
ment of the same, the Commission may receive and expend
any contributions, donations or appropriations which may be
made for such purposes or any of them by the United States
or by the District of Columbia or by the State of Maryland
or by any other political community or by any private person;
provided, however, the title of any such land or property shall
not be placed in or granted to the United States or in or to
any person, corporation or political community other than the
District itself without the approval of the General Assembly
of Maryland, nor shall the control maintenance, operation or
policing of any such park, parkway, forest, street, road, boule-