The Republican., 1935-09-19
Chapter No. 1896
A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT to add two new sections to Article
7SA of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, 1924 Edition. as enacted by
Chapter 80 of the Acts of the Special
Session of the General Assembly of 1888
title Public Works-Board of" subtitle
Maryland Emergency Housing and Park
Commission" said sections to follow
Immediately after Section 10 of said
Article, and to be known as Sections 20
and 2l, extending the powers of the Mary
land Emergency Housing and Park Com
mission; authorizing any municipality,
county local subdivision of the State
to cooperate with the Commission, and
the United States of America, by convey
ing, leasing or donating property, or rem
dering services, in connection Herewith; /;
authorizing municipalities to open, close
or MAINTAIN streets or to plan or zone areas
within their corporate limits; to authorize
the Board of Public Works to allocate
funds to said Commission for administrative
purposes out of funds appropriated by the
General Assembly, and to authorize any
county or municipality to make donations
or advances to said Commission in aid of
pubic works as defined in this Article
Whereas, unsantary and unsafe dwell
ing accommodations exist in various
of the State, and consequently many per-
sons of low income are forced to reside in
such dwelling accommodations and
Whereas, these conditions cause an in
crease in and spread of disease and crime
and constitute menace to the health, safety,
morals and welfare of the citizens of the
State and impair economic values; and
Whereas, the clearance, replannng and
reconstruction of the areas in which un-
sanitary unsafe housing conditions exist
and the providing Of safe and sanitary
dwelling accommodate for persons of low
income are public and purposes for which
private property may be acquired and
WherSas, it IS in the public interest that
work on such projects be instituted as soon
as possible in order to relieEe Unemploy
ment which now constitutes emergency
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That two new sec
tons be and the same are hereby added to
Article 7SA of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, 1924 Edition, enacted
by Chapter 81 of the Acts of the Special
Session of the General Assembly of 1888,
title Public Works-Board Of" subtitle
Maryland Emergency Housing and Park
Commission" said sections to follow
Immediately after Section 10 of said Article
to be known Sections 20 and 21, and to
read as follows:
20. For the purpose of aiding and CO.
operating in the planning, construction and
operation of public works as defined in this
subtitle, located within their respective ter
ritorial boundaries, any municipality, county
or local subdivision within this State may,
upon such terms, it may determine:
(a) grant, sell, convey, lease or donate
any of its property to the State of Mary
and, or to the Maryland Emergency Hous-
ing and Park Commission, or to any cor
poration formed by said Commission under
the authority of Section 17E of this sub
title; and
tbj to the extent that it is within the
scope of each of their respective functions
% cause the services customarily provided
by each of them to be rendered for the bene-
fit of the occupants of such public works,
and (2) provide and maintain parks and
sewage, water and other facilities adjacent
to or in connection with such public works,
and (3) enter into any agreement to open,
close, pave, install, or change the grade of
streets, alleys sidewalks within the
porate limits of any municipality, and.or to
plan, replan, zone or rezone any areas within
the corporate limits of any municipality.
In connection with the exercise of this
power, any municipality or county may in
cur the entire expense of any such public
improvements located within its territorial
abutting property owners.
2l. For the purpose of enabling the
Maryland Emergency Housing and Park
Commission, to administer the provisions of
this subtitle, the Board of Public Works of
Maryland is hereby authorized and en-
powered to allocate to said Commission from
time to time, such sum sums said
Board may deem necessary out of any funds
made available for such purposes, or out of
any contingent funds, appropriated under the
provision of Chapter 597 of the Acts of
1888, under the provisions of any subse-
quent Appropriation Act.
Any county or municipality within the
IGrTlIOTldl DOuHudTleS Oh WHICH puDlC WOTkS
defined in this subtitle located
about to be located, shall have power an
nually and from time to time, to make do
nations advances to said Commission in
such sums as such county or municipality
in its discretion may determine, such ad-
vances appropriations to be made for
the purpose of aiding or cooperating in the
construction and operation Of such public
works.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
should any section part of section of
this Act be held to be invalid for any rea-
son, such holding shall be construed
affecting the validity of any remaining sec
tion part of section of this Act, it
being the Legislative intent that the
mainder of this Act shall stand, notwith-
standing the invalidity of such section or
part of a section.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That
this Act is hereby declared to be an en-
ergency law and necessary for the irnmed-
ate preservation of the public health and
safety, and having been passed upon a yea
and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all of the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date Of its
passage.
Approved May IT. 1885.