SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1059

linquishment or abandonment, and if the illegitimacy of the child
has been established to the satisfaction of the court [, and notice,
as is provided by the Maryland Rules of Procedure, has been given
to the husband of the mother of the child]; or

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 559
(Senate Bill 443)

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 one million dollars
($1,000,000.00), the proceeds derived from the sale of the Certifi-
cates of Indebtedness to be used for the acquisition, by purchase,
condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or
any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for constructing
and erecting on said land or property, or on any land or property
now or hereafter owned by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, buildings, structures or facilities to be used by the Fire
Department of Baltimore City for fire stations, and for the
acquisition and installation of equipment for any and all new
facilities authorized to be constructed or erected under the pro-
visions hereof, and for doing any and all things necessary, proper
or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the
matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing said mu-
nicipality 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 One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), the
proceeds derived from the sale thereof to be used for the purpose
or 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 sub-
mitted to the legal voters of Baltimore City at such time and place
as may be fixed by said ordinance or ordinances and be approved
by a majority of the votes cast at such time and place, all as required
by Section 7 of Article XI of the Constitution of Maryland; and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in submitting any ordinance
or ordinances for the issuance of said bonds, or any part thereof,
to the legal voters of Baltimore City, may submit and re-submit
the same at any municipal election as well as at any general election
to be held in Baltimore City.