674                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 286

including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorney's
fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith; and

(b) The remainder of such proceeds shall be used for the acqui-
sition, by purchase, condemnation or any other legal means, of
land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore,
and 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 Baltimore, new school buildings, athletic and other auxil-
iary facilities, and for additions and improvements to, or the mod-
ernization or reconstruction of, existing school buildings or facilities,
and for equipment for any and all new facilities authorized to be
constructed or erected by the provisions hereof, and for architectural
or engineering services or surveys, and any other activities relating
to planning for the purposes above mentioned or relating to plan-
ning for future projects of the same general character which may
be constructed out of future loans.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the expenditure of the
proceeds of sale of said bonds, the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall observe the following conditions:

(a)  Subject to the provisions of the Charter of Baltimore City
relating to the Planning Commission, the Board of School Com-
missioners of Baltimore City shall have the authority to select sites
for the construction of the new school buildings hereby authorized;

(b)  All plans and specifications for the construction or recon-
struction of school buildings, or for additions or improvements to
school buildings, to be financed out of the proceeds derived from
the sale of the bonds herein authorized to be issued, shall be sub-
ject to the approval of said Board of School Commissioners prior
to final acceptance of such plans and specifications, and the endorse-
ment of approval by said Board of such plans and specifications
shall be made thereon, and shall also be recorded by said Board
in its official minutes;

(c)  All changes in approved plans and specifications which may
be found necessary and expedient during the course of construction
shall also be subject to the approval of the Board of School Com-
missioners of Baltimore City, and shall also be recorded by said
Board in its official minutes; and

(d)  No part of the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds
hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended without the ap-
proval of the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General As-
sembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 22, 1970