1050 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 31

or other proper disbursing officer of the city, to honor such
requisition, or so much thereof as the said Board of Estimates
may deem necessary to meet such emergency, and any pay-
ment made under such requisitions or direction shall be
charged against any fund of the city not otherwise apppro-
priated. ' " [Which was read and adopted. ] [Which favorable
report was adopted, which was read the second time and or-
dered printed for a third reading. ]

Also favorably, with amendment,

SENATE BILL No. 612, BY THE PRESIDENT.

SUBJECT: SUPERVISORS OF CITY CHARITIES.

Amendment proposed by the President: "Strike out all
after the words 'A Bill? and in lieu thereof insert the follow-
ing: 'Entitled an Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,
Section 36-B of the Revised Charter of Baltimore city, as en-
acted by the Act of 1914, Chapter 539.

'Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 36-B of the Revised Charter of Baltimore
city, as enacted by the Act of 1914, Chapter 539, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so
as to read as follows:

'36-C. All purchases of property and other contracts in-
volving an expenditure of more than five hundred dollars, ex-
cept those awarded by the Board of Awards under Section 15
of the Charter, made by any department, sub-department, mu-
nicipal officer, special commission or board, in addition to
compliance with the other provisions of the Charter, shall be
submitted to the Board of Estimates for its approval and shall
be binding upon the city only when so approved. All the pro-
visions of this section, and also of Section 14 of this Article,
and also of Sections 36 and 36-A of this Article, shall apply
to the Board of Police Commissioners of Baltimore city, the
Board of Liquor License Commissioners of Baltimore city and
the Board of Park Commissioners of Baltimore city. '"
[Which was read and adopted. ] [Which favorable report was
adopted, which was read the second time and ordered printed
for a third reading. ]

Also favorably

SENATE BILL No. 404, BY MR. NORRIS.
SUBJECT: REINSTATE A. W. SHELLE AS A MEMBER
OF POLICE FORCE OF BALTIMORE CITY.

[Which favorable report was adopted, which was read the
second time and ordered printed for a third reading. ]