CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	paid, or tendered, to the party entitled to	not taken for public use or purposes shall be
	such compensation.	subject to any reasonable limitations and re-
		strictions that the General Assembly may
		prescribe by law.
	Sec. 40A. The General Assembly shall
	enact no law authorizing private property
	to be taken for public use without just
	compensation, to be agreed upon between
	the parties, or awarded by a jury, being
	first paid or tendered to the party entitled
	to such compensation, but where such prop-
	erty is situated in Baltimore City and is
	desired by this State or by the Mayor and
	City Council of Baltimore, the General
	Assembly may provide that such property
	may be taken immediately upon payment
	therefor to the owner or owners thereof by
	the State or by the Mayor and City Council
	of Baltimore, or into court, such amount
	as the State or the Mayor and City Council
	of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall
	estimate to be the fair value of said prop-
	erty, provided such legislation also requires
	the payment of any further sum that may
	subsequently be added by a jury; and
	further provided that the authority and
	procedure for the immediate taking of prop-
	erty as it applies to the Mayor and City
	Council of Baltimore on June 1, 1961, shall
	remain in force and effect to and including
	June 1, 1963, and where such property is
	situated in Baltimore County and is desired
	by Baltimore County, Maryland, the County
	Council of Baltimore County, Maryland, may
	provide for the appointment of an ap-
	praiser or appraisers by a Court of Record
	to value such property and that upon pay-
	ment of the amount of such evaluation, to
	the party entitled to compensation, or into
	Court, and securing the payment of any
	further sum that may be awarded by a jury,
	such property may be taken; and where
	such property is situated in Montgomery
	County and in the judgment of and upon
	a finding by the County Council of said
	County that there is immediate need there-
	for for right of way for County roads or
	streets, the County Council may provide
	that such property may be taken immedi-
	ately upon payment therefor to the owner
	or owners thereof, or into Court, such
	amount as a licensed real estate broker
	appointed by the County Council shall esti-
	mate to be the fair market value of such
	property, provided that the Council shall
	secure the payment of any further sum
	that may subsequently be awarded by a

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