THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 261

WHEREAS, traffic hazards at street intersections in Balti-
more City are constantly increasing; and

WHEREAS, it is particularly hazardous for children going to
and from school to cross many of these intersections; and

WHEREAS, the demands for proper traffic control signals and
signs are increasing much more rapidly than are the installa-
tions of such signals and signs; and

WHEREAS, under the present procedures, it will be many
years before an adequate number of traffic control signals and
signs will be erected; and

WHEREAS, it is very urgent that such signals and signs be
erected as promptly as possible, in order to protect the public
generally; now therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted be the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and it
is hereby authorized to issue the certificates of indebtedness
of said corporation to an amount not exceeding Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500, 000. ), the said certificates of indebted-
ness to be issued from time to time and for such amounts, and
payable at such periods, and to bear such rate or rates of in-
terest, all as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall by
ordinance or ordinances from time to time provide; but said
certificates of indebtedness shall not be issued in whole or in
part unless an ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore providing for the issuance thereof shall
be submitted to the legal voters of Baltimore City at such time
and place as may be fixed by said ordinance or ordinances and
be approved by a majority of the votes cast at such time and
place as required by Section 7 of Article 11 of the Constitution
of Maryland; and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
in submitting any ordinance or ordinances for the issuance
of said certificates of indebtedness, or any part thereof, to the
legal voters of Baltimore City may submit and resubmit the
same at any municipal election as well as at any general elec-
tion to be held in Baltimore City.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of said
certificates of indebtedness hereby authorized to be issued not
exceeding the par value thereof shall be used for the acquisi-
tion and installation of traffic control signals and signs and
for the purchase of such equipment and facilities as may be
necessary therefor AND FOR DOING ALL THINGS NEC-
ESSARY in connection therewith or pertaining thereto.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore may, by ordinance or ordinances au-