Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                     89

to 405Q, inclusive, and providing for the planning, acquisition,
reconstruction, improvement, betterment, extension, operation and
maintenance of sewerage facilities by any city or town; author-
izing and regulating the issuance of revenue bonds for financing
such undertakings; and providing for the payment of such bonds
and the rights of the holders thereof; and to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 31 of Article 23A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1956 Cumulative Supp.) title "Corporations—
Municipal" sub title "Creation of Municipal Public Debt", pro-
viding that notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34 relating
generally to the creation of municipal public debts that municipal
corporations shall also have the authority to exercise all powers
conferred upon them by sections 405A to 405Q, inclusive, of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Health", sub title "Municipal Corporations"; and providing
MUNICIPAL", SUB-TITLE "HOME RULE", SUB-HEADING
"CREATION OF MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEBT", RELATING
TO THE BORROWING POWER OF MUNICIPALITIES AND
GRANTING TO SUCH MUNICIPALITIES AUTHORITY TO
EXERCISE POWERS CONFERRED BY SECTIONS 405A TO
405Q, INCLUSIVE, HEREBY ENACTED, AND GRANTING
TO SUCH MUNICIPALITIES, IN ADDITION THERETO, CER-
TAIN POWERS OF BORROWING CONTAINED IN ARTICLE
43 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND BY EN-
LARGING THE RESTRICTIVE CROSS-REFERENCE TO CER-
TAIN SECTIONS OF SAID ARTICLE 43; AND PROVIDING
generally for the improvement of public sanitary facilities by
municipal corporations acting alone or by mutual agreement to
improve and protect the public health and to abate, prevent or
reduce the pollution of the rivers, waters, and streams of this
State and for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this
Act for that purpose.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That seventeen new sections be added to Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Health", sub-title "Munic-
ipal Corporations", said new sections to follow section 405 and to be
known as sections 405A to 405Q, inclusive, and to read as follows:

405A (Definition of words and phrases)

(a)   The term "Sewerage facilities" shall mean plants, properties,
works, systems or facilities, or any part thereof, used or useful in
connection with the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage,
waste, garbage and storm water.

(b)   The term "municipality" shall include any city or town incor-
porated under the laws of this State.

(c)   The term "governing body" shall include bodies and boards,
by whatsoever names they may be known, having charge of the
finances of a municipality.

405B (Declaration of Policy) It is hereby declared to be the
policy of this State that to provide benefits to the public health and
welfare by the abatement, prevention or reduction of pollution of
the rivers, waters and streams of this State, any municipality plan-
ning, acquiring, purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, improving,
bettering or extending sewerage facilities pursuant to this Act, shall