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essary, proper or advisable 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 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 herewith 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are repealed insofar and to the extent that the same shall so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 said Mayor and City Council to borrow money,
or issue and sell bonds contained in the Charter of said munic-
ipality or in any other law which limits, 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 General
Assembly of Maryland, shall be applicable thereto.

§ SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the health,
safety and best interest of the citizens of Cumberland, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved March 26, 1943.

CHAPTER 277.
(House Bill 226)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 30,
31, 36, 70, 99, and 101 of Article 13 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Harford
County", sub-title "Havre de Grace", as said sections were
enacted by Chapter 935 of the Acts of 1941, and being Sec-
tions 281, 282, 287, 321, 349, and 351, respectively, of Higin-
bothom's Edition of the Laws of Harford County (1942),
amending the Charter of the City of Havre de Grace, increas-
ing the compensation of certain officials and correcting er-
rors in said Charter.

SECTION 1. Be U enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 30, 31, 36, 70, 99, and 101 of Article 13 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Harford County", sub-title "Havre de Grace", as said sec-
tions were enacted by Chapter 935 of the Acts of 1941, and being