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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 18, 1957.

CHAPTER 240
(House Bill 40)

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
issue the certificates of indebtedness of said corporation to an
amount not exceeding Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), the pro-
ceeds of the same to be used for the purpose of enlarging, extending
and improving the sanitary sewerage and storm water drainage
systems of Baltimore City, including the construction of additional
sewers, sewage disposal plants, pumping stations and other
appurtenances, the alteration, repair and improvement of existing
sewage disposal plants, pumping stations and other appurtenances,
and the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of any and all
sanitary and storm water sewers, sewage disposal plants, pumping
stations and other appurtenances, as well as of any and all land
and property, and of any right, interest, franchise, easement or
privilege therein, as may be necessary for any or all of the above
mentioned purposes; conferring certain powers upon said munici-
pality in connection with the purchase and condemnation of land
and property to enable it to accomplish and effectuate the objec-
tives and purposes of this Act; and to authorize said municipality
to submit an ordinance or ordinances for said purposes to the
legal voters of Baltimore City.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and it is hereby
authorized to issue the certificates of indebtedness of said corpora-
tion to an amount not exceeding Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000),
said certificates of indebtedness to be issued from time to time and
for such amounts, payable at such periods, and to bear such rate or
rates of interest, 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 XI 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 re-submit the same at any municipal election as well as at any
general election to be held in Baltimore City.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law,

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.