COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Article shall not be construed to authorize
	the exercise of any powers in excess of those
	conferred by the legislature upon said
	counties or city as this Article sets forth.
	Sec. 7, The word "Petition" as used in	See Sections 7. 01 -7. 04 > immediately above.
	this Article means one or more sheets
	written or printed, or partly written and
	partly printed; "Signature" means the sig-
	nature of a registered voter written by
	himself in his own handwriting (and not by
	his mark), together with the ward or district
	and precinct in which he is registered. The
	authenticity of such signatures and the fact
	that the persons so signing are registered
	voters shall be evidenced by the affidavit of
	one or more registered voters of the city or
	county in which said voters so signing are
	registered, and one affidavit may apply to or
	cover any number of signatures to such
	petition. The false signing of any name, or
	the signing of any fictitious name to said
	petition shall be forgery, and the making of
	any false affidavit in connection with said
	petition shall be perjury.
	ARTICLE XI-B. CITY OF BALTIMORE-
	LAND DEVELOPMENT AND
	REDEVELOPMENT.
	Section 1. The General Assembly of	See Section 1.16, Eminent Domain, p, 33;
	Maryland, by public local law, may author-	Section 3.22, General Application of Laws,
	ize and empower the Mayor and City Coun-	p. 31; Sections 7.01-7.04, beginning at p. 89.
	cil of Baltimore:
	(a) To acquire, within the boundary
	lines of Baltimore City, land and property
	of every kind, and any right, interest,
	franchise, easement or privilege therein, by
	purchase, lease, gift, condemnation or any
	other legal means, for development or
	redevelopment, including, but not limited
	to, the comprehensive renovation or rehabil-
	itation thereof; and
	(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or
	otherwise dispose of any of said land or
	property, regardless of whether or not it has
	been developed, redeveloped, altered or im-
	proved and irrespective of the manner or
	means in or by which it may have been
	acquired, to any private, public or quasi
	public corporation, partnership, association,
	person or other legal entity.
	No land or property taken by the Mayor
	and City Council of Baltimore for any of
	the aforementioned purposes or in connec-
	tion with the exercise of any of the powers
	which may be granted to the Mayor and City
	Council of Baltimore pursuant to this Article

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