MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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referred to in this [subtitle] ARTICLE.

[25.] 4—105. Contracts or commitments for acquiring park
lands in District.

(a)    Conditions and limitations. Any contract or
commitment hereafter entered into by the Commission with
the United states of America or with any bureau or agency
thereof, or with the Rational Capital Planning Commission
pursuant to the authority of this [subheading] SUBTITLE,
and any amendment of a pre—existing contract or
commitment, shall be subject to the conditions and
limitations of this section insofar as the contract or
commitment [may have reference] REFERS to obtaining the
advances authorized by subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
Section 1 of [said] Public Law No. 284 of the 71st
Congress, as amended, for the purpose of acquiring park
lands in the Metropolitan District.

(b)    Prior contracts validated. Any [such]
contract or commitment with respect to the acquisition of
park lands within the Metropolitan District, [so] entered
into by the Commission prior to the year 1947 pursuant to
any Act of the General Assembly of Maryland enacted prior
thereto, is validated and approved and declared to be
binding, in accordance with its terms, upon the State of
Maryland, the Commission, and Montgomery County or the
County Commissioners of Prince George's County.

(c)    Amendments to contracts. If the Commission
desires to amend any [such] contract or commitment with
respect to the acquisition of park lands within the
Metropolitan District (other than supplementary
agreements hereinafter mentioned having reference to the
acquisition of particular units of park land comprising
portions of a general park plan theretofore approved by
the County Council of Montgomery County or County
Commissioners of Prince George's County), [such] THE
amendment [shall] IS not [be] binding upon the State of
Maryland, the Commission, Montgomery County or County
Commissioners of Prince George's county unless it [shall
have] HAS been ratified and approved by the County
Council of Montgomery County and the County Commissioners
of Prince George's County.

(d)     New Agreements. If the Commission desires to
enter into a new basic or underlying agreement with the
United States of America or with any agency or bureau
thereof or with the National Capital Planning
Commission[,] for the purpose of adopting a general or
revised park plan of park lands to be acquired in the
Metropolitan District and for the purpose of outlining
the method of financing the acquisition of any [such]
park lands, the NEW basic or underlying [agreement shall]