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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 acquisi-
tion, by purchase, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or
property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and con-
structing 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 auxiliary facili-
ties, and for the rehabilitation and restoration of existing school
buildings or facilities, which rehabilitation or restoration has been
included in an approved capital improvement program of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, and for additions and improvements
to, or the modernization or reconstruction of, existing school build-
ings 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 planning 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 Balti-
more 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 Commis-
sioners 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 subject to
the approval of said Board of School Commissioners prior to final
acceptance of such plans and specifications, and the endorsement 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 Commis-
sioners 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 declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation 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 Assembly of Maryland, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 23, 1971.