808                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 492

CHAPTER 492
(Senate Bill 540)

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 Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000), the pro-
ceeds of the same to be used for the acquisition, by purchase,
lease, gift, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or
property, or any rights therein, located in the area bounded by
Mt. Vernon Place, Cathedral Street, Centre Street and Charles
Street or Washington Place, including the closing of any public
or private alleys or streets situated within said area, and to
establish, develop, redevelop, construct, erect, furnish and equip,
on or in the aforesaid area regardless of whether or not the land
and property in said area is now owned or hereafter is acquired
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, a building or build-
dings or structure or structures and facilities and appurtenances
to be used for or in connection with an art museum and gallery and
any and all functions and activities usually carried on in connec-
tion with the operation of such an institution, including, but not
limited to, the reconstruction, enlargement, extension, improve-
ment, alteration, renovation, modernization and equipping of any
and all buildings and structures now located in the aforesaid area
for or in connection with the establishment and construction of the
art museum and gallery contemplated by the provisions hereof,
and for architectural or engineering services or surveys and de-
signs and plans for said art museum and gallery in its entirety,
and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in
connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things
hereinbefore mentioned; and to authorize said municipality to
submit and ordinance or ordinances for said purpose 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 corporation
to an amount not exceeding Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000), 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 as 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

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