148 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 30

municipality, including the right to require the municipality
and the governing body and any proper officer, agent or
employee of the municipality to assess, levy and collect
taxes and special assessments, and to fix and collect fees,
rents, tolls or other charges adequate to carry out any
agreement as to, or pledge of such special assessments, fees,
rents, tolls, or other charges, and to require the municipal-
ity and the governing body of the municipality and any offi-
cer, agent or employee of the municipality to carry out any
other covenants and agreements and to perform its and
their duties under this Act.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the powers
conferred by this Act shall be in addition and supplemental
to the powers conferred by any other law, and bonds, in-
terim certificates or other obligations may be issued here-
under for any project notwithstanding that any other law
may provide for the issuance of bonds, interim certificates
or other obligations for like purpose and without regard
to the requirements, restrictions or other provisions con-
tained in any other law. Bonds may be issued
under this Act notwithstanding any debt or other
limitation prescribed by any other law, and the mode and
method of procedure for issuance of bonds under this Act
need not conform to the provisions of any other law. Any
proceedings heretofore taken under any other law by any
municipality relating to the subject matter of this Act may
be continued under such other law or under this Act, or at
the option of the governing body may be discontinued and
new proceedings instituted under this Act. Except in pur-
suance of any contract or agreement theretofore entered
into by and between any municipality and any Federal
agency, no municipality shall borrow any money or issue
any bonds pursuant to the provisions of this Act after
January 1, 1936. It is the purpose of this Act to enable
municipalities to secure the benefits of the National Indus-
trial Recovery Act, to encourage public works, to reduce
unemployment and thereby to assist in the national re-
covery and promote the public welfare, and to these ends
municipalities shall have power to do all things necessary
or convenient to carry out said purpose in addition to the
express powers conferred in this Act; this Act is remedial
in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally
construed.

SEC. 11 A. And be it further enacted, That none of the
provisions of this Act shall apply to Queen Anne's, Somer-