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gether 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 said Mayor and
City Council, and if said bids be satisfactory to the said Mayor
and City Council it shall sell said bonds or any part thereof to
the highest bidder or bidders therefor, of whose ability to com-
ply with the terms of sale the said Mayor and City Council, in
its discretion, is satisfied. In the event that the bonds be sold,
the proceeds thereof shall be placed in a separate fund and
shall be used for the purpose of grading, regrading, paving,
repaving, sewering and sidewalking streets and public high-
ways of the City of Cumberland, and for the purpose of sewer-
ing where necessary, said sewers may be constructed from said
proceeds beyond the corporate limits of the City of Cumber-
land.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council of Cumberland is hereby authorized and empowered
to accept from any Federal or State agency, grants for or in
aid of the construction of any Public Works Project contem-
plated herein, and to make such contracts containing such
terms, provisions and conditions as in the discretion of the said
Mayor and City Council may seem necessary, proper or ad-
visable for the purpose of obtaining or securing grants or
financial assistance from any Federal or State agency willing
to extend the same in furtherance of any of the purposes of
this Act.

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with is or are repealed insofar and to the extent that the same
shall so conflict, and none of the limitations or restrictions
on the power of the Mayor and City Council to borrow money,
or issue and sell bonds contained in the Charter of said mu-
nicipality or in any other law which limits or restricts or in
any other way affects the powers herein granted, nor any of
the provisions of Chapter 630 of the Acts of 1939 of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, shall be applicable thereto.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this is an emergen-
cy law, necessary for the health, safety and best interest of the
citizens of Cumberland, and three-fifths of the members of the
General Assembly of Maryland concurring therein, shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 23, 1941.
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