WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR 251
CHAPTER 16
(Senate Bill 22)

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to issue the certificates of indebtedness of said cor-
poration to an amount not exceeding Forty-five Million
Dollars ($45,000,000), the proceeds of the same to be used
for the purpose of extending, enlarging, developing and
improving the municipal raw water supply and the water
system of Baltimore City, including the construction, re-
construction and extension of transmission conduits and
distribution mains, the increasing of the source or sources
of supply, the construction of additional storage reservoirs,
additions to and extensions of existing reservoirs, the con-
struction of additional pumping stations, filter basins or
plants, additions to and extensions of existing pumping
stations, filter basins or plants, and the doing of all things
necessary, proper or expedient to secure for the City of
Baltimore a full and adequate supply of water; to author-
ize said municipality to submit an ordinance or ordinances
for said purpose to the legal voters of Baltimore City;
and declaring this act to be an acute emergency law.

WHEREAS, the City of Baltimore is one of the largest cities
in the United States of America and a large proportion of
the entire population of the State of Maryland lives in said
City and its surrounding suburban disticts; and

WHEREAS, a high percentage of all of the business con-
ducted in the State of Maryland is transacted, directly or
indirectly, in the City of Baltimore or through the facilities
of this seaport; and

WHEREAS, anything which adversely affects the health,
safety and general welfare of the residents of the City of
Baltimore, or interferes with the business and industrial
activities of said City and the counties immediately adjacent
thereto, has a detrimental effect on the economy of the entire
State of Maryland; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore sup-
plies water to not only the residents of Baltimore City and
the places of business and industrial plants located therein,

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike-out indicates matter stricken out of bill.