528 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 213

78A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition
and 1947 Supplement), title "Public Works—Board of, "
said new section to be known as Section 13A, to follow
immediately after Section 13 thereof and to be under the
sub-title "Federal Projects, " and to read as follows:

13A. The Board of Public Works may purchase or ac-
quire otherwise, in its discretion, in the name of the State
of Maryland, out of any funds which may be set aside for
such purposes, the land and interests in land which are
necessary to be acquired for establishment of the Harpers
Ferry National Monument, authorized to be established
by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1944, (58 Stat.
645). Upon acquisition of the said properties, the Board
of Public Works is authorized to convey all right, title,
and interest therein whatsoever held by the State of Mary-
land to the United States for purposes of the said Harpers
Ferry National Monument. In the event the Board of Pub-
lic Works shall find that the most expeditious method of
acquiring the said land for the national monument would
be to transfer and donate the necessary funds to the United
States for such purposes, the Board may transfer and do-
nate to the United States, on behalf of the State of Mary-
land, any of the funds which are available or which may
hereafter become available to it for purposes of this sec-
tion upon condition that such funds, when so conveyed to
the United States, shall be used solely by the United States
for the acquisition of land and interests in land, and ex-
penses incidental thereto, required for establishment of
the Harpers Ferry National Monument.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 28, 1951.

CHAPTER 213

(Senate Bill 180)

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 85 of the Acts of 1950, entitled
"An Act to authorize and empower the Mayor and City
Council of Snow Hill to borrow from time to time on

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