HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 861

requirements of further Acts of the Congress of the
United States of America with respect to the construc-
tion of public works.

WHEREAS, under the provisions of Chapter 30 of the
Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of 1933,
every municipality defined therein is authorized to con-
tract debts, or to borrow money and to issue and sell its^
negotiable bonds therefor in order to provide funds for
any public works project only in case such municipality
shall have first entered into a contract for the grant of
money from some federal agency, authorized for the pur-
pose of providing money in connection with the construc-
tion of such public works.

AND WHEREAS, future Acts of the Congress of the Uni-
ted States of America may provide other means of assist-
ing in the construction of public works than the direct
grant of money to the municipalities of the State, and it
may be desirable that the municipalities shall cooperate
with various federal agencies in the construction of public
works in the State without the receipt of any grant.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That any municipality as defined by Chapter
30 of the Acts of the Extraordinary Session of the General
Assembly of 1933 shall have the power and is hereby
authorized to contract debts or to borrow money and to
issue and sell its negotiable bonds therefor in order to pro-
vide funds for any public works project, as defined in
paragraph (e) of Section 1 of Chapter 30 of the Acts of
the Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of
1933 in connection with any Act of the Congress of the
United States of America, which provides assistance in
the construction of such public works whether such as-
sistance consists of making a grant of money to said mu-
nicipality, a loan thereto, or some other method of financ-
ing the construction of the public works contemplated.

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 having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported
by three-fifths of the members elected to each House in
the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved May 17, 1935.