MARYLAND MANUAL 473
CHAPTER NO. 754
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article XID of the
Constitution of Maryland, title "Port Development",
providing that no public local law enacted under the
provisions and authority of said Article shall be enacted
or construed to authorize the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore to exercise or apply any of the powers and
authority in said Article enumerated within the terri-
torial limits of either Anne Arundel or Howard Counties
COUNTY,OR WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS
OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY WITHOUT, IN CER-
TAIN INSTANCES, THE PRIOR CONSENT AND
APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION DULY PASSED
AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS; AND PROVIDING FURTHER
THAT ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SHALL RETAIN
THE POWER OF TAXATION OVER CERTAIN
LANDS and to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of the State for adop-
tion or rejection.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland (Three-fifths of all the members of each of the
two Houses concurring) ,that the following be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to Article XID of the
Constitution of Maryland, title "Port Development", the
same, if adopted by the legal and qualified voters of the
State, as herein provided, to become Article XID of the
Constitution of Maryland:
ARTICLE XID
Port Development
1. The General Assembly of Maryland, by public local
law, may authorize the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore:
(a) To acquire land and property of every kind, and
any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein,
in, adjoining or in the vicinity of the Patapsco River or
its tributaries, by purchase, lease, gift, condemnation or
any other legal means, for or in connection with extending,
developing or improving the harbor or port of Baltimore
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