HERBERT R. O'CONOR,, GOVERNOR. 1949

Act; and/or for the purpose of complying with the pro-
visions of Paragraphs or Sub-sections (a) and (b) of Sec-
tion 1 and/or securing the funds authorized to be appropriated
by said Sub-sections (a) and (b) of Section 1 of an Act of the
Congress of the United States known as Public Act 284, 71st
Congress, entitled "An Act for the acquisition, establishment
and development of The George Washington Memorial Park-
way along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Wash-
ington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acquisition
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 Commis-
sion 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 representa-
tive of the State of Maryland for these purposes; and for these
purposes the Commission is hereby authorized and empowered
to enter into such commitments and agreements with the said
National Capital Park and Planning Commission as may in the
discretion of the Commission seem necessary. The Commis-
sion is further empowered to act in conjunction and coopera-
tion 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 Com-
mission, or of the State of Virginia or of Montgomery and
Prince George's 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 reason-
able time, such available information and data as it may re-
quire for its work. The maps, surveys, engineering data and
other records of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion are hereby made available for the use of the Commission,
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 Commission. For
the purpose of financing or assisting in the financing 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 improvement or de-
velopment of the same, the Commission may receive and expend
any contributions, donations or appropriations 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; pro-
vided that the title to the lands acquired under Sub-section
1 (a) of the aforesaid Public Act No. 284, 71st Congress, shall