HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 319
CHAPTER 143.

AN ACT validating, ratifying, approving and confirming
bonds and other instruments or obligations heretofore
issued by public bodies of this State for public works
projects.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following terms, wherever used or re-
ferred to in this Act, shall have the following meaning:

(a) The term "public body" means any county, city,
town, special district, or any municipal or public corpora-
tion, or political sub-division or governmental agency of
the State of Maryland, except the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore.

(b) The term "bonds" includes bonds, notes, warrants,
debentures, certificates of indebtedness, temporary bonds,
temporary notes, interim receipts, interim certificates and
all instruments or obligations evidencing or representing
indebtedness, or evidencing or representing the borrowing
of money, or evidencing or representing a charge, lien or
encumbrance on specific revenues, income or property of
a public body, or including all instruments or obligations
payable from a special fund.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all bonds here-
tofore issued for the purpose of financing or aiding in the
financing of any work, undertaking or project by any pub-
lic body to which any loan or grant has heretofore been
made by the United States of America through the Federal
Emergency Administrator of Public Works for the purpose
of financing or aiding in the financing of such work, under-
taking or project, including all proceedings for the authori-
zation and issuance of such bonds, and the sale, execution
and delivery thereof, are hereby validated, ratified, ap-
proved and confirmed, notwithstanding any lack of power
(other than constitutional) of such public body, or the
governing board or commission or officers thereof, to au-
thorize and issue such bonds, or to sell, execute or deliver
the same, and notwithstanding any defects or irregularities
(other than constitutional) in such proceedings, or in such
sale, execution or delivery; and such bonds are and shall
be binding, legal, valid and enforceable obligations of such
public body.