§ 1-4 1958 Act: Approvals required.

No part of the proceeds of sale of the certificates of indebtedness hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended until after the Commission has submitted its written recommendation, which shall set forth the purposes for and the terms and conditions upon which each particular sum of money is to be expended, to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and such recommendation has been approved by said Board of Estimates.

In addition, no part of the proceeds of sale of the certificates of indebtedness hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended for actually constructing, erecting or equipping any building, structure or facility for or in connection with the Civic Center (as distinguished from funds which are necessary to be expended in connection with obtaining options for the acquisition of land or property, or planning or preparing plans and specifications, or the employment of engineers, architects, an Executive Director, assistants, aides and employees of the Commission, or other matters or things which are usually and generally preliminary to the commencement of actual construction work) until after the proposed site for the Civic Center and the plans and specifications for any building, structure or facility to be constructed, erected or equipped for or in connection with the Civic Center has been submitted by the Commission to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and approved by said Board.

Any contract entered into by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in connection with any of the matters or things provided for or contemplated by the provisions of this Act, after it has been executed on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by the Mayor of Baltimore City and the corporate seal of the municipality affixed thereto, duly attested by the Treasurer of the municipality <em>{City Finance Director}</em>, and approved by the said Board of Estimates, shall constitute a legal and binding obligation of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.