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the revenue bonds hereinafter authorized; (3) the term "housing
unit" and the term "housing units" shall mean and embrace housing
facilities and living accommodations which may include such facilities
as eating facilities, recreational facilities and student facilities, and
shall include an addition or additions to the student union building
in Baltimore; and (4) the term "related facilities" shall mean and
embrace but shall not necessarily be limited to eating facilities,
recreational facilities and student facilities.

259B. In order to provide additional facilities for the University
of Maryland, the University of Maryland is hereby authorized and
empowered, from time to time:

(a)  to construct, equip, maintain, repair and operate one or more
housing units for graduate students at College Park, and for students,
both graduate and undergraduate, in the professional schools at
Baltimore, including members of the House Staff of the University
Hospital;

(b)  to issue revenue bonds of the University for the purpose of
paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more of said housing
units, the aggregate principal amount of said revenue bonds not to
exceed 3 Million Dollars ($3,000,000) except as hereinafter provided;

(c)  to fix and revise from time to time, fees, rents and other
charges for the use of such housing units;

(d)  to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property in
the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under
Sections 259A-259J, inclusive, of this sub-title;

(e)  to make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary
or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of
its powers under Sections 259A-259J, inclusive, of this sub-title, and
to employ consulting engineers, attorneys, construction and financial
experts and such other employees and agents as may be necessary in
the opinion of its Board of Regents and to fix their compensation;
provided that all such acts and agreements shall be payable solely
from the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of
Sections 259A-259J, inclusive, of this sub-title, or from funds other-
wise provided;

(f)  to receive and accept from the United States of America or
any agency thereof grants for or in aid of the construction of any
housing unit or any part thereof, and to receive and accept aid or
contributions from any source of either money, property, labor or
other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the pur-
poses for which such grants and contributions may be made; and

(g)  to do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out
the powers expressly granted by the provisions of Sections 259A-
259J, inclusive, of this sub-title.

259C. (a) The University of Maryland is hereby authorized and
empowered to provide, by resolution, from time to time, for the
issuance, in series, of its negotiable bonds, certificates or other
evidence of indebtedness for the purpose of paying all or any part of
the cost of any one or more of said housing units. The principal and
interest on such bonds, certificates or other evidence of indebtedness
shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided for such