1374 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 658

lighment and development of The George Washington Memor-
ial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort
Washington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acqui-
sition of lands in the District of Columbia and the States of
Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park,
parkway, and playground system of the National Capital", the
Commission may act in conjunction and cooperation with the
National Capital Park and Planning Commission created by
Act of Congress, approved April 30, 1926, and the Commission
is hereby designated by the State of Maryland as the represen-
tative of the State of Maryland for these purposes; and for
these purposes the Commission is hereby authorized and em-
powered to enter into such commitments and agreements with
the said National Capital Park Planning Commission as may
in the discretion of the Commission seem necessary. The
Commission is further empowered to act in conjunction and
cooperation with other representatives or officials of the
United States Government or of the District of Columbia or
of the State of Maryland, including the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, or of the State of Virginia or of Mont-
gomery and Prince Georges Counties or of any municipality
or other local subdivision within said counties or within said
states. All public officials of the State of Maryland and of
said counties shall upon request furnish to the Commission
within a reasonable time, such available information and data
as it may require for its work. The maps, surveys, engineering
data and other records of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission are hereby made available for the use of the Com-
mission, and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
is hereby directed to furnish, at cost, such engineering service
and advice as may be requested from time to time by the Com-
mission. For the purpose of financing or assisting in the fi-
nancing of the acquisition of land or other property for parks,
parkways, forests, streets, roads, boulevards or other public
ways, grounds or spaces within the District, or for the im-
provement or development of the same, the Commission may
receive and expend any contributions, donations or appropria-
tions which may be made for such purposes or any of them by
the United States or by the District of Columbia or by the
State of Maryland or by any other political community or by
any private person; provided that the title to the lands ac-
quired under sub-section 1 (a) of the aforesaid, Public Act No.
284, 71st Congress, shall vest in the United States, as provided
in said Act; and provided, further that the title of any other
land or property acquired shall not be placed in or granted to
the United States or in or to any person, corporation or polit-
ical community other than the District itself or the State of
Maryland without the approval of the General Assembly of