440                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 245

agree to terms of local cooperation required by Congress and/or the
Federal agency in connection therewith;

(2)  enter into, execute and perform any and all contracts and
agreements with the United States or any agency thereof, in the form
required thereby, obligating said county or municipality, in whole or
in part, to construct, erect, finance, maintain, use, or operate any such
Federal works, improvements or projects or obligating said county or
municipality to arrange, contract for, or supervise the construction,
erection, financing, maintenance, use, or operation thereof;

(3)  levy for, appropriate, and obligate necessary moneys to pay for
the county's or municipality's share of the cost of such works, im-
provements, and projects and to obtain private loans and financing
therefor;

(4) receive and accept and expend and use any funds donated or
loaned by the Federal government to assist in the construction, erec-
tion, financing, maintenance, use, or operation of any such works,
improvements, and projects;

(5)   SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 33A OF
THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, purchase or condemn
lands, rights-of-ways, easements, and any other interests in land
necessary for such improvements, works, and projects and to con-
vey, lease, or otherwise transfer all or any part of such interests to
the United States or any agency thereof;

(6)  enter on any lands, waters and premises for the purpose of
making surveys, soundings, and examination in or for the furtherance
of any such works, improvements, and projects; and

(7) do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the
powers expressly given in this sub-title

(b)  For the purposes of this section the term "municipality"
means any municipal or public corporation, special district and/or
political subdivision of the State of Maryland.

(c)  Any act or contract authorized under the terms of this Section,
as re-enacted, and entered into or performed by any county or munici-
pality prior to the effective date of the re-enactment hereof is ap-
proved, ratified, and validated as fully as if the said act or contract
had been entered into or performed after the effective date of re-
enactment.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any one or more sec-
tions, clauses, sentences, or parts of this sub-title shall be adjudged
unconstitutional or invalid by any court, such judgment shall not
affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof but shall
be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held uncon-
stitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any
section, clause or provision of this sub-title in any one or more in-
stances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its
applicability or validity in any other instance.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of the members