Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21
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CTsAEIATTON OF THE COVER
OF Maryland DIRECTING
4 PUBLICATION OF BILLS PRO
.rNG AMENDMENT TO THU
OF THE STATE

FUbLlCALhON OE BILLS Fho
INSTITUTION OF THE STATE
FHEREAs. at the January session o;
General Assembly Of Maryland. held
the year 1913, the following Acts
re passed. providing for the submis
On or amendments to the Constitution
the State to the qualified voters OF
he state Of Maryland for adoption or
rejection. namely
CHAPTER e49
an ACT TO propose an amendment to
the Constitution of Maryland. by add
ing q new Article thereto. to follow
smmediately after Article XI-A, and
to be known as Article Al-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 it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland. three hfths
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 pre-
/ posed as an amendment to the Consti-
4 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 I'd
4 Maryland.
BALTIMORE UNEMPLOYMENT
COMMISSION
Section 1. The General Assembly of
Maryland, by public local law, may au
I !; 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
r. al ~ polff
shall pass a resolution that there Is
need for the establishment Of such a
Commission in the City of Baltimore.
when the City Council Of Baltimore
" notify the Mayor Of Baltimore City
Of such adoption. Upon receiving such
notice and approving said resolution,
= the Mayor shall appoint fve 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 Redeyelopment
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 redeyelopment plan for
Baltimore City, provided that such re-
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 "s1um" shall mean any area where
dwellings predominant, which by rea-
son Of depreciation, Overcrowding, faulty
arrangement or design, lack of ventila
Hnhf ap sanitary facilities
combination of these factors, are detri-
mental to the public safety, health or
nIoEals. The term "blighted area" shall
mean ap area in which a majority OF
the bufhiings have declined in produc-
{Ivity by reason Of Obsolescence, depre-
.iation or other causes to an extent they
no longer justify fundamental repairs
and adequate maintenance.
(c) The Baltimore Redevel0pment
Commission shall have authority to use
the power of eminent domain to ac-
quire any land needed for any rede-
velopment project; provided, however,
that the Baltimore Redevelopment Com
mission shall have first obtained options
upon or shall have purchased at least
30 percentum Of such land area required
f0r any such redevelOpment project.
Property already devoted to a public
lse may be acquired by the Baltimore
Redevelopment Commission; provided,
1 however, that no real property belong
ing to the State of Maryland or the
mayor anu lily OOuuCu VI DdALAAOEc
may be acquired without the consent
of said State or of said City, as the
case may be. No property taken by the
4 Baltimore Redevelopment Commission,
\ 2 domain, shall be taken without just
Y compensation, as agreed upon between
IL parties, or awarded BY Jury.
The Baltimore Redevelopment
5 S H as st hss: q 40x x%er to p Fer
rs OF money and to receive from the
led States Of America such loans to
Ased In the acquisition Of land In
<ms and blighted areas for redevelop.
1ent and for use In the preparation OF
any redevelopment plan.
1 (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 a price consistent
with the new uses which the Commits
sion on City Plan shall prescribe for
such land, even though such price say
be below the original cost of acquisf-
ton. The Baltimore Redevelopment
Commission shall have power to include
I'm the terms of sale or leases OF land
to private corporations, companies,
partnerships, or persons, provisions OBJ.
q ligating the purchasers or lessees OF
such land to begin the building OF I'M
/ pr0vements within reasonable period
+.
tracts, appropriate covenants and re-
strictions to maintain standards OF
population density, property. mainte.
e 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
\ 8Commission shall have no power to
Hpledge the credit Of, or in any way
ebind the Mayor and City Council OF
Baltimore, and the Mayor and City
Council Of Baltimore shall not be liable
jim any way or manner whatsoever, for
sany Of the obligations, contracts, or
undertakings of the Baltimore Rede-
kvelopment Commission.
Sec. 2. The General Assembly of
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 and
the exercise Of such powers OF the Bal
1 timore Redevelopment Commission as II
l may deem proper and expedient.
Sec g. And be IL further enacted,
That the aforegoing Article hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Coast-
tuition Of Maryland, shall, at the Elec-
tion to be held in November, 1914; De
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters Of the State Of Maryland, for
their adoption or rejection, In pursu-
ance Of the directions contained in Ar
ticIe XIV Of the Constitution Of Mary
land, and at the said General Election,