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for financing the construction of a fire engine house within the boundaries
of the Bethesda District as defined by Chapter 28, Montgomery County
Code 1965, as amended, for the use of the Bethesda Fire Department, Inc.,
or its successor including the development of the site therefor, the architec-
tural and engineering services incident thereto and the acquisition and
installation of necessary permanent furnishings, fixed permanent equip-
ment and fire fighting equipment therefor. The proceeds from said bonds
may be applied to the payment of the first six months' interest on said
bonds.

Section 2. Sections 2-111 through 2-119, inclusive, of the Montgomery
County Code 1965, as amended, and each and every part of such sections,
excepting therefrom only subsections (a), (b) and (d) of Section 2-111,
be and they are hereby incorporated in this Act, by reference, as a part
hereof, it being the intention of the County Council that said sections
shall be applicable in all respects to the borrowing of money, the issuance
of bonds, the application of the proceeds of such bonds, and the levy of
unlimited ad valorem taxes for the payment of the principal and interest
of the bonds authorized by this Act.

Section 3. The powers granted by this Act are additional and cumu-
lative and the bonds authorized by this Act may be issued notwithstanding
that other bond acts or laws may provide for the issuance of other bonds
or the borrowing of money for the same or similar purposes on the same or
other terms and conditions.

Section 4. Before borrowing any money or issuing any bonds pursuant
to this authority, the County Council shall adopt, in addition to or as a
part of any other resolutions required by Sections 2-111 through 2-119 of
the Montgomery County Code 1965, as amended, a resolution prescribing
the terms and conditions on which the proceeds of the bonds authorized
hereunder shall be made available for use by the Bethesda Fire Depart-
ment, Inc., or its successor. The Council may provide by such resolution
that, in addition to the fact that the bonds authorized hereunder are an
irrevocable pledge of the full faith and credit of the entire County, the
principal and interest on such bonds shall be paid primarily from the taxes
levied within the Bethesda District pursuant to Chapter 28, Montgomery
County Code 1965, as amended.

Section 5. This Act shall take effect on the 76th day following its
enactment.

Chapter 7
(Bill No. 4-69)

An Act to cancel, rescind and repeal the authority to issue bonds
under Chapters 13, 14 and 15 of the Laws of Montgomery County,
Maryland, enacted at the Extra Legislative Session of May, 1968, but
only to the extent that such authority has not been exercised prior to
the effective date of this Act.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County,
Maryland, that—

Section 1. The authority to issue bonds under Chapters 13, 14 and
15 of the Laws of Montgomery County, Maryland, enacted by the County
Council for Montgomery County, Maryland, at its Extra Legislative Session