THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 263
CHAPTER 133
(House Bill 325)

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to issue the certificates of indebtedness of said corpo-
ration to an amount not exceeding Four Million Dollars
($4, 000, 000. 00), the proceeds of the same to be used for
reconstructing and enlarging the Infirmary Building at the
Baltimore City Hospitals; completing the repairing, remod-
eling, improvement, renovating and modernization of the
present Baltimore City Court House, and constructing, erect-
ing and equipping the Eastern Health District Building;
all as may be approved, from time to time, by the Board of
Estimates of said municipality and by an ordinance or ordi-
nances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; pro-
viding that a portion of the proceeds of sale of said certifi-
cates of indebtedness may be used for the acquisition, by
purchase, condemnation or any other legal means, of land
or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore,
and constructing and erecting on said land or property or
on any land or property now or hereafter owned or con-
trolled by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, such
buildings or structures as may be approved by the Board of
Estimates of said municipality and by an ordinance or ordi-
nances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; to
authorize said municipality to submit an ordinance or ordi-
nances for said purpose to the legal voters of Baltimore
City; and declaring this Act to be an emergency law.

WHEREAS, Chapter 18 of the Laws of Maryland of 1947
(Extraordinary Session) authorized the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore to issue its certificates of indebtedness to an
amount not exceeding Eight Million Dollars ($8, 000, 000. 00)
and to use the proceeds derived from the sale of the certificates
of indebtedness for the purpose of acquiring land in the City
of Baltimore and erecting thereon or on land already owned
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore buildings and
structures; and

WHEREAS, since the enactment of Chapter 18 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1947 (Extraordinary Session), increases in the
price of labor and materials have taken place in connection
with all kinds of construction work; and

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