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ment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions
thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provi-
sion or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the in-
applicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or part of
this Act in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect
or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other
instance.

405Q (Short Title of Act) This Act may be cited as "The Sani-
tary Facilities Bond Act of 1957.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 31 of Article
23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Cumulative Supple-
ment), title "Corporations—Municipal", sub-title "Creation of Mu-
nicipal Public Debt", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

31. Every municipal corporation shall have the power under this
sub-heading to borrow money for any proper public purpose and to
evidence such borrowing by the issue and sale of its general obliga-
tion bonds in the manner herein described, unless the charter of
said municipal corporation shall provide a different procedure for
the borrowing of money or shall be amended so to provide in the
manner set forth in this sub-title. Charter amendments for such
purpose are hereby authorized. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this sub-heading or of any such charter, every such municipal cor-
poration shall also have the authority to exercise all powers con-
ferred upon municipal corporations by Sections 365 to 405, inclusive,
of Article 43 of this Code, title "Health", sub title "Water, Ice and
Sewerage", 47, 365 TO 405, INCLUSIVE, AND 406 TO 427, INCLU-
SIVE, OF ARTICLE 43 OF THIS CODE, TITLE "HEALTH", IN
ACCORD WITH PROVISIONS IN SAID ENUMERATED SEC-
TIONS, and also to exercise the powers conferred upon municipal
corporations by Sections 405A to 405Q, inclusive, of Article 43 of
this Code, title "Health", sub-title "Municipal Corporations." Every
such municipal corporation shall likewise have authority to borrow
money in anticipation of the receipt of current taxes and to evidence
such borrowing by the issuance and sale of tax anticipation notes,
payable as to principal and interest from said taxes when received,
unless the charter of such municipal corporation shall otherwise
provide or unless any such charter shall be amended pursuant to this
sub-title so to provide otherwise. The procedure for the issuance of
tax anticipation notes shall be as prescribed in Section 32 of this
Article. Except that such notes may be sold by private negotiations.
Whenever there shall be any conflict between the provisions of this
sub-heading and the charter of any municipal corporation, the pro-
visions of said charter shall control.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on June 1, 1957.

Approved February 20, 1957.