138 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 144
CHAPTER 144.
(House Bill 65)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20
of Article 31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Debt—Public", sub-title "Public Works", as
said section was amended by Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1941,
extending the time during which bonds may be issued for
public works by the several political sub-divisions of the
State and the purpose for which said political sub-divisions
of the State may accept assistance of any agency of the
Federal Government to include the construction or acquisi-
tion of public works made necessary by the war effort.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 20 of Article 31 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Debt —Public", sub-title
"Public Works'?, as said section was amended by Chapter 798
of the Acts of 1941, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,,
with amendments, to read as follows:

20. The powers conferred by this sub-title shall be in ad-
dition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other-
law, and bonds, interim certificates or other obligations may
be issued hereunder for any project notwithstanding that any
other law may provide for the issuance of bonds, interim cer-
tificates or other obligations for like purposes and without
regard to the requirement, restrictions or other provisions con-
tained in any other law. Bonds may be issued under this sub-
title notwithstanding any debt, or other limitation prescribed
by any other law, and the mode and method of procedure for
issuance of bonds under this sub-title need not conform to the
provisions of any other law. Any proceedings heretofore taken
under any other law by any municipality relating to the sub-
ject matter of this sub-title, may be continued under such other-
law or under this sub-title, or at the option of the governing
body may be discontinued and new proceedings instituted
under this sub-title. Except in pursuance of any contract or
agreement theretofore entered into by and between any mu-
nicipality and any Federal agency, no municipality shall
borrow any money or issue any bonds pursuant to the pro-
visions of this sub-title after June 1, 1945. It is the pur-
pose of this sub-title to enable municipalities to secure the
benefits of any agency of the Federal Government engaged in
a works program, to encourage public works, to reduce unem-
ployment and thereby to assist in the national recovery and
promote the public welfare, and it is also the purpose of this
sub-title to enable municipalities to accept and secure the