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Frankly, I tried to assure each of you that
this does not open the floodgate. Delegate Gilchrist. It
does not do anything that is out of the ordinary or
unusual in the common modern practice of protecting
property owner's rights.
This is not a new concept. It was first recog-
nized in the state of Illinois back in 1870 when if be-
came apparent that the concept of recompensing a person
for damage to his property did not go far enough if it
involved only a physical taking.
You must remember we are talking bout a bill
of rights, a protection of individuals personal freedoms.
Let us not get away from that idea and let us then start
with fae second concept, that the right of eminent domain
is a sovereign right and what we are doing is limiting
the sovereign from encroaching on individual rights.
Now, it has developed over the years, Maryland
being a very slow and conservative state, is one of the
latest states to recognize this, but as public improvements
continue, as more land and property is taken for develop-
ments, there are situations where property is damaged