388 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 211

property or improvements shall be developed, improved,
held or disposed of as provided by law.

135C. Before the issuance of said certificates of indebted-
ness, or any part thereof, the Mayor of Cumberland shall
appoint a board, body, commission or other agency, subject
to the approval of a majority of the City Council of Cum-
berland and confer upon such agency full power to ad-
minister and supervise the proceeds derived from the sale
of the certificates of indebtedness, including, but not limited
to, the expenditure and disposition thereof, and to appoint,
employ, hire or engage such assistants, aides and employees
as may be deemed necessary for the proper performance of
the duties of the agency, and to employ or hire, from time
to time, by contract, consulting, planning or designing
engineers or architects or other persons possessing techni-
cal or specialized skills in connection with the duties and
powers of the agency; and such agency shall exercise all
powers and authority conferred upon it in accordance with
the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council
of Cumberland as it is now constituted or as it hereafter
may be amended.

1S5D. No part of the proceeds of the certificates of in-
debtedness hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended
until after the agency hereinabove provided for and to be
created by the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland has
submitted its written recommendation, which shall set
forth the purposes for, and the terms and conditions upon,
which each particular sum of money is to be expended, to
the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland and such recom-
mendation has been approved by said Mayor and City
Council of Cumberland.

In addition, no part of the proceeds of the certificates of
indebtedness hereby authorized to be issued shall be ex-
pended for actually constructing, erecting, altering, expand-
ing, enlarging, improving or equipping any building, struc-
ture or facility on, under or in any land or property, regard-
less of who owns or otherwise holds or controls any such
land or property, for storing, parking and servicing self-
propelled vehicles (as distinguished from funds which are
necessary to be expended in connection with the acquisition
of land or property or the preparation of plans or the em-
ployment of assistants, aides and employees of the agency to
be created by the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland or
other matters or things which are usually and generally
preliminary to the commencement of actual construction