powers which may be granted to the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore pursuant to this Article is hereby declared
to be needed or taken for a public use.

SEC. 2. The General Assembly of Maryland may grant
to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any and all
additional power and authority necessary or proper to carry
into full force and effect any and all of the specific powers
which the General Assembly is authorized to grant to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this
Article and to fully accomplish any and all of the purposes
and objects contemplated by the provisions of this Article,
provided such additional power or authority is not incon-
sistent with the terms and provisions of this Article or
with any other provision or provisions of the Constitution
of Maryland. The General Assembly may place such other
and further restrictions or limitations on the exercise of
any of the powers which it may grant to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore under the provisions of this
Article as it may deem proper and expedient.

SEC. 3. The Baltimore Redevelopment Commission may
continue in existence and shall have and may continue to
exercise any of the power and authority which is now or
hereafter may be vested in the Commission by law, until
such time as such power and authority of the Commission
is validly repealed by an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland or by an ordinance or resolution of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore and a new agency of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is created to carry
out the objects and purposes for which the Baltimore Re-
development Commission was originally created; and noth-
ing contained in this Article shall be taken or construed
to the contrary.

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ARTICLE XI-C(1)/
OFF-STREET PARKING

SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Maryland, by pub-
lic local law, may authorize the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore:

(a) Within the City of Baltimore to acquire land and
property of every kind, and any right, interest, franchise,
easement or privilege therein, by purchase, lease, gift, con-
demnation or any other legal means, for storing, parking

'Added by Chapter 505, Acts of 1947, ratified November 2, 1948.