1762 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 580
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, DURING THE TIME
OF ITS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BY THE
CITY OF CUMBERLAND, AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE
PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR NO
OTHER PURPOSE. NO GASOLINE DISPENSING DE-
VICE SHALL BE INSTALLED AT ANY ENTRANCE TO,
OR EXIT FROM, ANY LAND SO ACQUIRED OR AT ANY
ENTRANCE TO, OR EXIT FROM, ANY STRUCTURE
ERECTED THEREON.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council be and it hereby authorized to effect a charge for the
use of said parking facilities from the members of the general
public who may use the same in such amounts sufficient to pay
the expenses heretofore and hereafter necessary to operate the
said off-street parking facility and to pay for the redemption
of said bond issue and the interest thereof; and the money so
charged shall be kept and maintained in a fund separate; it
being the intention of this Act to enable the Mayor and City
Council to so operate the said off-street parking facility that
the revenue therefrom shall be used to defray the heretofore
and hereafter expenses connected therewith.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the bonds hereunder
authorized shall be issued in addition to and exclusive of the
ten per cent bonded indebtedness on the assessed valuation on
property in the City of Cumberland now authorized by the City
Charter, and that any and all Acts or parts of Acts or any part
or parts of the Charter of the City of Cumberland conflicting in
any way herewith is or are repealed in so far as and to the ex-
tent that the same shall so conflict, and none of the limitations
or restrictions on the power of the Mayor and City Council of
Cumberland to borrow money or issue and sell bonds contained
in the Charter of said municipality or in any other law which
limits, restricts or in any other way affects the powers herein
granted, nor any of the provisions of Sections 34-36 of Article
31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), as
amended by the 1947 Supplement, shall be applicable hereto.
SEC. 7. And be it farther enacted, That if the Mayor or any
member of the City Council shall violate any of the provisions
of this Act, or expend or attempt the expenditure of any of the
proceeds of said bond issue for any other purpose than herein
set forth, he or they, shall, upon trial and conviction, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars
($1, 000. 00), or be sentenced to confinement in the Allegany
County Jail for not more than six months, or both fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.
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