448 Laws of Maryland [Ch. 147
bidders therefor after due notice of such sale, but the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, or the Commissioners of Finance, as the
case may be, shall have the right to reject any or all bids therefor
for any reason, and thereafter reoffer such bonds at public sale as
aforesaid, or at private sale, provided that if such bonds be offered
at private sale they shall be offered for sale and sold for not less
than par and accrued interest.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore be and it is hereby authorized, in the ordinance or
ordinances to be submitted to the legal voters of Baltimore City,
from time to time, (i) to determine and set forth, any or all of the
following, or (ii) to empower a majority of the Commissioners of
Finance of said municipality to pass a resolution or resolutions,
from time to time, to determine and set forth, any or all of the
following:
(a) The amount of the total debt, authorized by this Act and
the ordinance submitted to the legal voters of Baltimore City, which
shall be issued at any particular time;
(b) The form or forms of the bonds representing the debt, or
any part thereof, so authorized to be issued at any particular time,
including any interest coupons to be attached thereto; the provi-
sions, if any, for the issuance of coupon bonds; the provisions, if
any, for the issuance of fully registered bonds; the provisions, if
any, for the registration as to principal of any coupon bonds; and
the provisions, if any, for the conversion and reconversion into
coupon bonds of any fully registered bonds or coupon bonds reg-
istered as to principal;
(c) The denomination or denominations of the bonds to be issued
at any particular time, which shall not be less than One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) each but may be in sums of One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) or any suitable multiple thereof, and the place
or places for the payment of principal and interest thereof;
(d) The rate or rates of interest to be paid in connection with
the bonds to be issued at any particular time, which interest shall
be payable semi-annually;
(e) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1 of this Act,
the date of the bonds issued at any particular time and the maturity
dates of said bonds, including the right of redemption by the City
prior to maturity;
(f) The time, place, manner and medium of advertisement of
the readiness of the Commissioners of Finance to receive bids for
the purchase of the bonds authorized to be issued hereunder, or any
part thereof; the form, terms and conditions of such bids; the time,
place and manner of awarding bonds so bid for, including the right
whenever any of the bonds authorized by this Act are offered for
sale and sold at the same time as other bonds of said corporation,
to establish the conditions for bids and awards and to award all of
said bonds on an all or none basis; and the time, place, terms and
manner of settlement for the bonds so bid for.
The ordinance to be submitted to the legal voters of Baltimore
City, or the resolution of the Commissioners of Finance author-
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