sion; The Commissioners shall serve for such term and shall
receive such compensation the General Assembly may provide
in said public local law.

(b) The Baltimore Redevelopment Commission, when cre-
ated, shall have power and authority to acquire land in slums
and blighted areas in Baltimore City by purchase, lease or
condemnation, and to reconvey any such land by sale or lease
for development, in accordance with a redevelopment plan
for Baltimore City, provided that such redevelopment plan
has first been approved 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 predominate, which by reason of depre-
ciation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of
ventilation, light or sanitary facilities or any combination of
these factors, are detrimental to the public safety, health or
morals. The term "blighted area" shall mean an area in which
a majority of the buildings have declined in productivity by
reason of obsolescence, depreciation or other causes to an ex-
tent 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 acquire any
land needed for any redevelopment project; provided, however,
that the Baltimore Redevelopment Commission shall have first
obtained options upon or shall have purchased at least 50
percentum of such land area required for any such redevelop-
ment project. Property already devoted to a public use may
be acquired by the Baltimore Redevelopment Commission;
provided, however, that no real property belonging to the State
of Maryland or the 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 a jury.

(d) The Baltimore Redevelopment Commission shall have
power to petition 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 redevelopment and for use in the preparation of any
redevelopment plan.

(e) The Baltimore Redevelopment Commission shall have
power to reconvey any land acquired by it, either by purchase,
lease or condemnation to any private corporations, companies,
partnerships, or persons, for redevelopment and rebuilding, at
a price consistent with the new uses which the Commission
on City Plan shall prescribe for such land, even though such..