Section 3a.

In conformity with the law of the state of Ohio, beginning with the levy for the purposes of the year 1948, the council shall also have authority to levy annually an additional tax of forty-five hundredths (.45) of a mill upon the real and personal property of the city of Cincinnati over and above the amount authorized by Section 3 of Article VIII of the charter, for the purposes of the University of Cincinnati, and at the request of the board of directors of the said university all or any part of said rate shall be levied.