1274 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 652

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland reserves the right and
privilege, in the exercise of its discretion, to file liens and
collect the same as is now secured to the said Mayor and
City Council by the Charter of the City of Cumberland
and when any amounts are collected against property hold-
ers by reason of said improvements, the money so collected
shall be placed in the Cumberland Industrial Highway
Fund and used for new improvements on other streets and
public places, and the same system of collecting the money
and the making of improvements shall continue until such
time as the said Mayor and City Council may direct or
until such funds shall become exhausted.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
City Council of Cumberland is hereby authorized and
empowered to accept from any Federal or State agency,
grants for or in aid of the construction of any project
contemplated herein, and to make such contracts contain-
ing such terms, provisions and conditions as in the discre-
tion of the said Mayor and City Council may seem neces-
sary, proper or advisable for the purpose of obtaining or
securing grants or financial assistance from any Federal
or State agency willing to extend the same in furtherance
of any of the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That any and all
Acts or parts of Acts or any part or parts of the Charter
of the City of Cumberland, Maryland, conflicting in any
way herewith is or are repealed insofar and to the extent
that the same shall so conflict, and none of the limitations
or restrictions on the power of the Mayor and City Council
to borrow money, or issue and sell bonds contained in the
Charter of said municipality or in any other law which
limits or restricts or in any other way affects the powers
herein granted, nor any of the provisions of Chapter 630
of the Acts of 1939 of the General Assembly of Maryland,
shall be applicable thereto.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of
the two houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 27, 1953.