HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 865

sembly of 1933, title "Public Works—Board of, " sub-title
"Maryland Emergency Housing and Park Commission, "
said new sections to follow immediately after Section 19
of said Article, to be known as Sections 20 and 21, and to
read as follows:

20. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the
planning, construction and operation of public works as
defined in this sub-title, located within their respective
territorial boundaries, any municipality, county or local
sub-division within this State may, upon such terms, as
it may determine:

(a) grant, sell, convey, lease or donate any of its prop-
erty to the State of Maryland, or to the Maryland Emer-
gency Housing and Park Commission, or to any corpora-
tion formed by said Commission under the authority of
Section 17E of this sub-title; and

(b) to the extent that it is within the scope of each
of their respective functions, (1) cause the services cus-
tomarily provided by each of them to be rendered for the
benefit of the occupants of such public works, and (2)
provide and maintain parks and sewage, water and other
facilities adjacent to or in connection with such public
works, and (3) enter into any agreement to open, close,
pave, install, or change the grade of streets, alleys or side-
walks within the corporate limits of any municipality,
and/or to plan, replan, zone or rezone any areas within
the corporate limits of any municipality.

In connection with the exercise of this power, any mu-
nicipality or county may incur the entire expense of any
such public improvements located within its territorial
boundaries without assessment against abutting property
owners.

21. For the purpose of enabling the Maryland Emer-
gency Housing and Park Commission, to administer the
provisions of this sub-title, the Board of Public Works of
Maryland is hereby authorized and empowered to allo-
cate to said Commission from time to time, such sum or
sums as said Board may deem necessary out of any funds
made available for such purpose, or out of any contingent
funds, appropriated under the provisions of Chapter 597
of the Acts of 1933, or under the provisions of any subse-
quent Appropriation Act.

Any county or municipality within the territorial boun-
daries of which public works as defined in this sub-title are
located or about to be located, shall have power annually