J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 33

deemed to provide an additional and alternative authority for borrow-
ing money and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to
powers conferred upon the County by other laws and shall not be
regarded as in derogation of any power now existing; and all Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland heretofore passed authorizing
the County to borrow money are hereby continued to the extent that
the powers contained in such acts have not heretofore been exercised,
and nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair, in any
way whatsoever, the validity of any bonds which may have been
issued by the County under the authority of any of said Acts, and
the validity of said bonds is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on the first day of June, 1962.

Approved March 23, 1962.

CHAPTER 12
(House Bill 8)

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of indebtedness
as evidence thereof, to an amount not exceeding Two Million Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2, 400, 000. 00), the proceeds derived
from the sale of the certificates of indebtedness to be used for the
acquisition, by purchase or any other legal means, of land or prop-
erty, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for estab-
lishing, constructing, reconstructing, erecting, furnishing and
equipping thereon, or on any other land or property which may be
available for the purpose, a new hospital building or structure and
new hospital facilities, and any and all appurtenances thereto which
may be needed or desirable, to replace the hospital located in
Baltimore City known generally as the Provident Hospital whether
or not the contemplated new hospital is designated by the same
name, and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or ex-
pedient in connection with any and all of the things hereinbefore
mentioned, including, but not limited to, the payment for services
rendered by architects, engineers and other consultants which may
be needed or rendered in connection with the planning and con-
struction of said hospital building or structure and hospital facili-
ties, all for the aforesaid Provident Hospital; providing that none
of the proceeds derived from the sale of the certificates of indebted-
ness shall be expended for any of the purposes hereinbefore men-
tioned unless and until the Board of Estimates of the Municipality
receives certain assurances from the Board of Public Works of the
State of Maryland; authorizing said municipality to submit an
ordinance or ordinances for said purpose to the legal voters of
Baltimore City, and providing generally for the issuance and sale
of said certificates of indebtedness.

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.