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equipment and furnishings for the same, to be used as a
City Fire Station, City Jail or for such other public pur-
pose as the Mayor and City Councilmen of Cumberland
may direct.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 3 of Chapter 385 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, Session of 1929, entitled
"An Act to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Cum-
berland to issue bonds to the amount of Fifty Thousand
($50,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of building a central
fire station, in the City of Cumberland, Maryland, and to
provide for the advertisement and sale of the same and the
redemption of same at maturity, together with the interest
thereon when and as the same become due and payable, and
repealing any Act or part thereof inconsistent herewith,"
be, and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland shall cause
proper advertisement to be made, stating the time and
place where bids, conditioned as the said Mayor and City
Council may require, will be opened for the sale of said
bonds as a whole or in parts, reserving unto itself the right
to reject any and all bids. Said bids, together with such
certified checks as may be required, shall be filed with the
City Clerk, and at the time and place advertised, shall be
opened in the presence of the Mayor and City Council,
and if said bids be satisfactory to the Mayor and
City Council, it shall sell said bonds, or any part thereof, to
the highest bidder or bidders .therefor, of whose ability to
comply with the terms of sale the said Mayor and City
Council, in its discretion, is satisfied. In the event said
bonds be sold, the proceeds thereof shall be placed in a
separate fund, and all or any portion thereof shall be used
for purchasing building sites, purchasing and/or remodel-
ing any existing building or building any new building or
buildings and purchasing equipment and furnishings for
the same or in connection therewith, to be used as a City
Fire Station, City Jail or for such other public purpose
as the Mayor and City Council may direct.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two