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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in order to enable it to
accomplish and effectuate the object and purposes of this Act, the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have all the power of
purchase and/or condemnation of land and property (including the
power to purchase and/or condemn land and property or any interest
therein or appurtenant thereto devoted to public or quasi-public use)
as is conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or any
agency thereof by Chapter 349 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1904, authorizing the establishment of the sanitary sewerage and
storm water drainage systems of Baltimore City.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 171
(Senate Bill 86)

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
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,300,000.00), the proceeds
derived from the sale of the certificates of indebtedness to be used
for extending, enlarging, developing, modernizing and improving
the buildings, structures, facilities and plant of the Baltimore City
Hospitals, located in the 4900 block of Eastern Avenue, Baltimore,
Maryland, including, but not limited to, the construction and
erection of new buildings, structures and facilities; additions,
alterations and improvements to, and the modernization, rehabili-
tation and reconstruction of, existing buildings, structures and
facilities; the construction, erection, relocation, paying and repav-
ing of roads, walks, parking lots, and other facilities; acquiring
and installing equipment for any and all buildings, structures or
facilities authorized to be constructed or erected by the provisions
hereof, and doing any and all things necessary, proper or expe-
dient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters
or things hereinbefore mentioned; 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.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That:

(a) The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and it is hereby
authorized to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of
indebtedness (hereafter called "bonds") as evidence thereof, to an
amount not exceeding Two Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,300,000.00), the proceeds derived from the sale thereof to be
used for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, but said debt shall not
be created and said bonds shall not be issued, in whole or in part,
unless an ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore providing for the issuance thereof shall be first submitted
to the legal voters of Baltimore City at such time and place as may