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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That 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 by him 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 discre-
tion, is satisfied. In the event that said bonds be sold, the pro-
ceeds thereof shall be placed in a separate fund and shall be
used for the sole purpose of purchasing and/or remodeling any
existing building, or building a new building to be used as a
City Jail and for such other public purposes as the Mayor and
City Council of Cumberland may direct, and if there be a sur-
plus of money remaining after accomplishing the purposes of
this Act the said surplus shall be deposited with the sinking
fund trustees and shall be used as part of the sinking fund to
retire said bonds at maturity.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That any and all Acts
or parts of Acts or any part or parts of the Charter of the
City of Cumberland, Maryland, conflicting in any way here-
with is or are repealed in so far and to the extent that the same
shall so conflict.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect upon the 1st day of June, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.

CHAPTER 40.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
182 and 184 of Article 12 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Garrett County, "
sub-title "Fire Departments, " to authorize the County Com-
missioners of Garrett County to pay the sum of two hundred