HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1375

Maryland, nor shall the control, maintenance, operation or
policing of any such other park, parkway, forest, street, road,
boulevard or other public way, ground or space within the
District be placed in or surrendered to the United States or to
any other person, corporation or political community other
than the Commission itself without the approval of the Gent
eral Assembly of Maryland. Provided, however, that nothing
in this Act shall be deemed to limit or restrict the police power
of the State of Maryland or of the respective counties in which
the respective park, parkway, forest, street, road, boulevard or
other public way, ground or space shall be located. Lands ac-
quired hereunder, title to which shall become vested in the
State of Maryland, shall be held by the said State for the gen-
eral benefit of the citizens of the State of Maryland and espe-
cially for the benefit of the citizens and residents of Montgom-
ery and Prince George's County, respectively within the said
Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District; provided that
title to such lands shall not be conveyed out of the State, nor
shall such use be extinguished without the concurrent action of
this Commission.

The Commission shall have the power to negotiate, enter into
and make arrangements with the aforesaid National Capital
Park and Planning Commission or other federal agency or
with representatives of the State of Virginia or with other
official corporations of Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties relating to the acquisition, development or improve-
ment of land and other property within the District for said
purposes or any of them, but shall not obligate itself or the
District for expenditures beyond the amount of funds in its
possession or to be available to it from bonds, taxes, dona-
tions, contributions or appropriations as provided for or re-
ferred to in this Act.

8. (592) (727) That for the purpose of paying for lands or
other property within the district acquired or to be acquired
by the Commission, whether by condemnation or purchase, for
parks, parkways, forests, streets, roads, highways, boulevards
and other public ways, grounds and spaces, or for the develop-
ment or improvement thereof, the Commission is hereby
authorized and empowered to issue and sell serial bonds from
time to time in such amounts as it may deem necessary for
said purposes and under such rules and regulations as the
Commission may determine; provided, however, that the total
amount of such bonds outstanding at any time shall not exceed
such amount as can be redeemed within fifty (50) years from
date of issue by means of tax of seven (7¢) cents upon each
one hundred dollars ($100. 00) of assessed valuation of the
assessable property within the district; except that nothing