548                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 227

bonds, including, but not limited to, the expenditure and disposi-
tion thereof. The Commission may appoint a Secretary who shall
perform such duties as may be imposed upon him by ordinance of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or as may be assigned to
him by the Commission, and appoint, employ, hire or engage such
assistants, aides and employees as may be deemed necessary for the
proper performance of the duties of the Commission. The compensa-
tion of said Secretary and other assistants, aides and employees
shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Estimates of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and shall be paid as pro-
vided in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of said municipality.
The Commission, with the prior approval of the Board of Estimates,
may employ or hire, from time to time, by contract, consulting, plan-
ning or designing engineers or architects or other persons possessing
technical or specialized skills in connection with the duties and
powers of the Commission. The Commission shall exercise all powers
and authority conferred upon it in accordance with the provisions
of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore as it is
now constituted or as it hereafter may be amended.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That:

(a)    No part of the proceeds of sale of the bonds hereby author-
ized to be issued shall be expended until after The Off-Street Parking
Commission of Baltimore City has submitted its written recom-
mendation, which shall set forth the purposes for, and the terms
and conditions upon, which each particular sum of money is to be
expended, to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore and such recommendation has been approved by said
Board of Estimates.

(b)    In addition, no part of the proceeds of sale of the bonds
hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended for actually con-
structing, erecting, altering, expanding, enlarging, improving or
equipping any building, structure or facility on, under or in any
land or property, regardless of who owns or otherwise holds or
controls any such land or property, for storing, parking and servic-
ing self-propelled vehicles (as distinguished from funds which are
necessary to be expended in connection with the acquisition of land
or property or the preparation of plans or the employment of as-
sistants, aides and employees of The Off-Street Parking Commission
of Baltimore City or other matters or things which are usually and
generally preliminary to the commencement of actual construction
work) until after the municipal corporation, with the approval of
its Board of Estimates, shall have entered into a binding contract
with a private, public or quasi-public corporation, partnership, as-
sociation, person or other legal entity secured to the satisfaction
of the said Board of Estimates, under the terms of which the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore will be reimbursed for at least all
expenditures of money made by it in connection with the particular
project involved, and for all interest charges paid or to be paid by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore on all funds borrowed by it
and expended in connection with the particular project involved, and
for all estimated real estate taxes that the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore will lose as a result of it acquiring any land or prop-
erty involved in the particular project. Any such contract, after it
has been executed on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Balti-