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tion with the operation of a modern civic center which shall be designed
and constructed to be used for or in connection with sporting events, exhibi-
tions, performances for theatrical, educational and cultural purposes and
for a public auditorium or convention hall, and for doing any and all things
necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or
all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; to authorize the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to create an agency thereof to be
known as the 'Civic Center Commission of Baltimore' and confer and im-
pose upon said commission certain powers and duties; providing certain
conditions which must be complied with before the proceeds of sale of said
certificates of indebtedness may be expended; to authorize said munici-
pality to submit an ordinance or ordinances for said purpose to the legal
voters of Baltimore City; and declaring this act to be an emergency
measure."

Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.

House Bill No. 2—By the Baltimore City Delegation:

A Bill entitled "An Act to authorize the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore to issue certificates of indebtedness of said corporation to an
amount not exceeding Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000), the proceeds
of the same to be used for the acquisition, 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 auxiliary
facilities, and for additions and improvements to, or the modernization 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 planning for future projects of the same
general character, which may be constructed out of future loans; con-
ferring certain powers upon the Board of School Commissioners of Balti-
more City; imposing certain conditions in connection with the expenditure
of the proceeds derived from the sale of said certificates of indebtedness;
authorizing said municipality to submit an ordinance or ordinances for said
purpose to the legal voters of Baltimore City; and declaring this Act to be
an emergency law."

Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.

House Bill No. 3—By the Dorchester County Delegation:

A Bill entitled "An Act to authorize and empower the County Com-
missioners of Dorchester County to borrow at one time or from time to
time, upon the faith and credit of Dorchester County, and to issue and
sell at one time or from time to time its negotiable promissory notes,
certificates of indebtedness or bonds therefor, a sum or sums of money not
to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), at an average net interest
rate not in excess of four per entum (4%) per annum for the entire issue,
for the purpose of erecting new school buildings, purchasing land for new
school buildings, payment of architect's and other professional fees in
connection therewith, alteration or repair of existing school buildings and
equipping of school buildings in Dorchester County; or for matching
Federal funds for such purposes; and to levy taxes upon the assessable
property in Dorchester County to provide funds for the payment of