Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-28

POSING AMEN DMENTS TO THr
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.
WHEREAS, at the January session OF
the General Assembly of Maryland. held
In the year 1919, the following Acts
were passed. providing for the suhmiS
sion of amendments to the Constitution |
of the State to the qualified voters OF
tha state of Maryland for adoption OF
rejection. namely
CHAPTER 649
AN ACT to propose an amendment to
the Constitution of Maryland, by add
ing X new Article thereto. to follow
Immediately after Article XI-A, and
to be known as Article XI-B, and to
provide for the submission of said
Amendment to the qualified voters Of
the State Of Maryland. for adoption or
rejection
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, three ffths
of all members of each of the two
Houses concurring), That the following
Article to follow Immediately after Ar.
ticle XI-A, and to be known as Article
XI-B, be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of Maryland. which Article, II
adopted by the qualified voters OF the
State Of Maryland, as herein provided.
shall thereby, by such adoption, be and
become a part of the Constitution Of
Maryland.
BALTIMORE UNEMPLOYMENT
COMMISSION
Section /. The General Assembly of
Maryland, by public local law, may au-
thorize the Mayor and City Council Of
Baltimore to create a Baltimore Re-
development Commission. Any public
local law authorizing the creation Of the
Baltimore Redevelopment Commission
shall contain the following provisions:
{a) The Baltimore RedevelOpment
Commission shall come into being only
when the City Council OF Baltimore
hall that fharp IL
need for the establishment of such a
Commission In the City Of Baltimore
When the City Council Of Baltimore
adopts such resolution, It shall prom.t.
ly notify the Mayor of Baltimore City
Of such adoption. Upon receiving such
notice and approving said resolution,
the Mayor shall appoint five persons Tor
such additional number of persons as
the General Assembly may provide In
said public local law, as Commission
ers of the Baltimore Redevelopment |
Commission. The Commissioners shall
serve for such terms and shall receive
such compensation the General Assembly
may provide in said public local law.
(b) The Baltimore Redevelopment
Commission, when created, shall have !
power and authority to acquire land In
slums and blighted areas In Baltimore
City by purchase, lease or cOndemna- |
ton, and to reconvey any such land by |
sale or lease for redevelOpment, in &C |
cordance with a redeyelopment plan for
DdlIiuOIc lily pEONiuCu thdb ouNh iO-
development plan has first been ap- |
proved by the Commission on City Plan |
of Baltimore City; and provided further
that no such slum or blighted area to |
be acquired shall be less than eight |
acres or more than eighty acres. The
term "slum" shall mean any area where |
dwellings, predominant, which by. rea-
son of depreciation, oyercrowding, faulty |
arrangement or design, lack of yentila- |
ton, light or sanitary facilities. or any |
combination of these factors, are detr1- |
mental to the public safety, health or
morals. The term "blighted area" shall
mean an area in which majority OF |
the buildings have declined in produc-
tivity by reason Of obsolescence, depre-
citation or other causes to an extent they
no longer Justify fundamental repairs
and adequate maintenance
(c) The Baltimore Redevelopment
Commission shall have authority to use
the power Of eminent domain to ac-
quire any land needed for any rede-
that the Baltimore Redevelopment Com
mission shall have first obtained options
upon or shall have purchased at least
so percentum of such land area required
for any such redevelopment prolect.
Property already devoted to public
use may be acquired By the Baltimore
Redevelopment Commission; provided,
however, that no real property belong
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
may be acquired without the consent
of said State or of said City, as the
case may be. No property taken by the
Baltimore Redevelopment Commission,
by exercise of the power of eminent
domain, shall be taken without just
compensation, as agreed upon between
the parties, or awarded by Jury.
(d) The Baltimore Redevelopment
Commission shall have power to Pc
tition the United States Of America for
loans of money and to receive from the
United States Of America such loans to
be used in the acquisition OF land In
slums and blighted areas for redevelop::
ment and for Use In the preparation OF
any redevelopment plan.
(e) The Baltimore Redevelopment
Commission shall have power to recon
vey any land acquired by 1t, either by
purchase, lease or condemnation to any
private corporations, companies, part
nerships, or persons, for redevelopment
and rebuilding, at price consistent
with the new uses which the Commis-
sion on City Plan shall prescribe for
such land, even though such price lay
be below the original cost OF acquisi-
ton. The Baltimore Redevelopment
Commission shall have power to include
in the terms of sale or leases of land
to private corporations, companies,
partnerships, or persons, provisions oD-
ligating the purchasers or lessees OF
such land to begin the building OF I'm,
proyements within a reasonable period
of time: and to include In such CON
tracts, appropriate covenants and re.
strictions to maintain STANDARDS OF
population density, property mainte,
nance, character of the use of land, and
architectural standards established In
the redevelopment plan and approved
by the Commission on City Plan OF
"a The baltimore Redevelopment
Commission shall have no power to
pledge the credit of, or in any way
bind the Mayor and City Council OF
Baltimore, and the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shall not be liable
in any way or manner whatsoever, for
any Of the obligations, contracts, or
undertakings of the Baltimore Rede-
velopment Commission:
Sec. 2. The General Assembly or
Maryland may grant the Baltimore Re-
development Commission, any and all
additional powers necessary and proper
to carry into effect the above mentioned
powers and purposes of said Commits
sion, provided such additional powers
are not Inconsistent with the terms and
provisions of this Article XI-B, and
with any other provisions Of the Con.
stitution OF Maryland. The General
Assembly may add such other and fur.
Their limitations upon the powers ana
the exercise of such powers OF the Bal
timore Redevelopment Commission as II
NAV deem proper and expedient.
Sec 3. And be It further enacted.
That the aforegoing Article hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of Maryland, shall, at the Elec-
tfon to be held in November, 1914, be
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters Of the State Of Maryland, for
their adoption or rejection, In pursu-
anee Of the directions contained In Ar
ticle XIV of the Constitution OF Mary
a