SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1081

Whereas, Chapter 210 of the Laws of Maryland of 1961, as the
same was amended by Chapter 10 of the Laws of Maryland of 1962
(Special Session), authorized the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more (hereinafter sometimes called "City") to borrow Three Million
Dollars ($3,000,000.00) and to use such funds for or in connection
with a Rehabilitation Center for Alcoholics and Indigents and a
Detention Center for Women; and

Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of said Chapter 210, as
amended, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore has enacted the
following ordinances:

(a)   Ordinance No. 1276, approved by the Mayor of Baltimore
City on June 22, 1962, and by the voters of Baltimore City on
November 6, 1962, which authorized the City to borrow One Million
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000.00) and to use the
same for a Detention Center for Women; Certificates of Indebted-
ness (hereinafter sometimes called "bonds") in the amount of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) have been issued and
sold pursuant to such legislation;

(b)   Ordinance No. 305, approved by the Mayor of Baltimore City
on July 6, 1964, and by the voters of Baltimore City on November
3, 1964, which repealed the foresaid Ordinance No. 1276, but pro-
vided that nothing contained in said Ordinance No. 305 was to be
taken or construed to affect in any manner any or all of the bonds,
in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00)
which had been issued and sold by the City, and Ordinance No. 305
authorized the City to borrow Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($2,500,000.00) and to use the same for a Detention Center
for Women; with the exception of the aforementioned One Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) no bonds have been issued or
sold pursuant to such legislation; and

Whereas, pursuant to said Chapter 210, as amended, there re-
mains in the City the power to borrow Three Hundred Fifty Thou-
sand Dollars ($350,000.00) for which no ordinance has been ordained,
and, hence, no bonds have been issued or sold by the City for any of
this amount; and

Whereas, it has been determined that it would not now be in the
best interests of the City to borrow the forementioned sum of Three
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) for the purposes
mentioned in said Chapter 210; now, therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
. That the authority granted to the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more by Chapter 210 of the Laws of Maryland of 1961, as amended
by Chapter 10 of the Laws of Maryland of 1962 (Special Session)
to create a debt and issue its Certificates of Indebtedness as evidence
thereof be and the same is hereby reduced from the amount of Three
Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) to an amount not exceeding Two
Million Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,650,000.00).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this
Act shall be taken or construed to:

(a) Change, alter or modify any of the terms and provisions of
Chapter 210 of the Laws of Maryland of 1961, as amended by