Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-18
CHAPTER KR2

approved. May 80, l04I.
CHAPTER 562
AN ACT to add seven new sections to
Article 44A of the Code of Public
General Law of Maryland, Flack's
Edition 1889, title Housing Authori-
ties,' to be know as Sections "a to 80
inclusive, under the subtitle Defense
Housing by Housing Authorities,
and to follow Immediately after Sec
ton % of said Article, to authorize
Housing Authorities established pur-
suant to Article 44A of the Code of
Public General Laws to undertake the
development or administration of
projects to assure the availability of
sons engaged in acknowledging &C
~ttvities; to limit the initiation Of the
development of such projects to De
cember 81, 1913; to authorize Housing
Authorities to cooperate with or act
as agent of the Federal Government III
the development and administration
of such projects of the Federal Gov
eminent, to acquire or lease such
projects and to sell certain lOw-cOst
housing Or S1um clearance projects to
the Federal Government; to authorize
public bodies to assist such projects
of Housing Authorities and of the
Federal Government; to make obliga-
lions issued for such projects of
Housing Authorities legal investments.
and to declare valid all bonds, notes
and obligations of Housing Authori-
kASS " PAOJCGL uA-
dertaken to assure the availability of
safe and sanitary dwellings for per-
sons engaged in national defense ac-
~tivities.
WHEREAS, it is hereby found and
declared that the national defense pro-
gram involves large increases in the
military forces and personnel In this
State, a great increase in the number
or workers In already established manu-
featuring centers and the brin ging of q
large nnmhpF Of workers and fhQir fam.
lilies to new centers of defense indus.
tries In the State that there Is an acute
shortage Of safe and sanitary dwellings
available to such persons and their
families in this State which impedes the
nat1onal-defense program; that 1t Is
imperative that action be taken imme-
diately to assure the availability Of safe
and sanitary dwellings for such persons
to enable the rapid expansion of ma
tional-defense activities In this State
and to avoid a large labor turnover In
defense industries which would seri-
ously hamper their production; that the
sary to assure the availability of safe
and sanitary dwellings for persons en-
gagged in national-defense activities
which otherwise would not be provided
at this time; and that such provisions
are for the public use and purpose of
facilitating the rationale defense pro-
gram in this State. 1t is further de-
clared to be the purpose of this Act to
authorize Housing Authorities to do any
and all things necessary or desirable to
secure the financial aid of the Federal
Government, or to cooperate with or act
as agent of the Federal Government, in
the expeditions development and the
administration Of projects to assure the
availability when needed Of safe and
sanitary dwellings for persons engaged
In national defense activities.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That seven
new sections be and the same are here
by added to Article 44A of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland,
Flack's Edition 1889, title Housing Au-
thorities," to be known as Sections "a
to 30 inclusive, under the subtitle
Defense Housing by Housing Authori-
ties" and to follow Immediately after
Section % Of said Article, to read as
follows:
"a. Any Housing Authority may
undertake the development and admin
ability of safe and sanitary dwellings
for persons engaged In national defense
activities whom the Housing Authority
determines would not otherwise be able
to secure safe and sanitary dwellings,
but no Housing Authority shall initiate
the development of any such project
pursuant to this Act after December
81, 1943.
ministratiion Of such projects, a Hous-
ing Authority shall have all the rights.
powers, privileges and immunities that
such Authority has under any provision
OF law relating to the ownership, de-
velopment or administration OF slum
clearance and housing projects for per-
sons of low income, in the same manner
as though all the provisions of law ap-
p1cable to slum clearance and housing
projects for persons of low income were
applicable to projects developed or ad-
mintstered to assure the availability
OF safe and sanitary dwellings for per-
sons engaged In natiOnal-defense actiyi-
ties as provided In this subtitle, and
housing projects developed or admin
stored hereunder shall constitute -''hous-
ing projects" under the sections of this
Article other than this subtitle, as that
inf rfb ,S n nseI g1 36esain p cs9,ed "a. tnae our
al-Defense Period") that a Housing Au-
thOrity finds (which finding shall be
conclusive in any suit, action or pro-
ceeding) that within its area of opera
ton las defined in said Article), or any
part thereof, there Is an acute shortage
or safe and sanitary dwellings which
impedes the nationa1-defense program
in this State and that the necessary safe
and sanitary dwellings would not other
wise be provided when needed for per-
sons engaged in natiOnal-defense actiyi-
ties, any project developed or admin
stored by such Housing Authority Cor
with it in such area pursuant to this
subtitle, with the financial aid of the
Federal Government Cor as agent for
the Federal Government as hereinafter
provided) shall not be subject to the
limitations provided in Section 10 and
the second sentence of Section 8 of this
Article; or any other limitation relating
to the amount of rentals or eligibility
of tenants other than as provided
under this subtitle and provided fur
Their, that, during the National-Defense
Period, a Housing Authority may make
payments in such amounts as it finds
necessary or desirable for any services.
facilities, works, privileges or improve
ments furnished for or in connection
with any such projects. After the Ma.
tiOnal-Defense Period, any such projects
owned and administered by a Housing
Authority shall be administered for the
purposes and in accordance with the
provisions of this Article other tina
this subtitle.
25. A Housing Authority may exer-
else any or all of its powers for the
purpose of cooperating with, or acting
as agent for, the Federal Government
in the development or administration
of projects by the Federal Government
to assure the availability Of safe and
sanitary dwellings for persons engaged
In NATIONAL defense activities and may
undertake the development or admin
stration of any such project for the
Federal Government. In order to assure
the availability of safe and sanitary
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