Constitution of this State, and at the said general election,
the vote on the said proposed amendment shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words "For
the Constitutional Amendment" and "Against the Consti-
tutional Amendment", as now prescribed by law, and im-
mediately after said election, due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by said Article 14 of the
Constitution.

Approved February 16,1959.

EXPLANATION : Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.

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CHAPTER 224
(House Bill 54)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 40A of Article
3 of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Legislative De-
partment", to provide an optional procedure for land
acquisition in Baltimore County, Maryland, and to sub-
mit this amendment to the qualified voters of the State
for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, (Three-fifths of all members elected to each of
the two Houses concurring), That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to Sec-
tion 40A of Article 3 of the Constitution of Maryland, title
"Legislative Department", sub-title "Eminent Domain", the
same, if adopted by the legal and qualified voters of the
State as herein provided, to become Section 40A of Article
3 of the Constitution of Maryland.

40A. Same—Baltimore City [.] and Baltimore County.

The General Assembly shall enact no law authorizing
private property to be taken for public use without just
Compensation, to be agreed upon between the parties, or
awarded by a Jury, being first paid or tendered to the party
entitled to such compensation, but where such property is
situated in Baltimore City and is desired by this State or
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the General
Assembly may provide for the appointment of appraisers
by a Court of Record to value such property, and that, upon
payment of the amount of such valuation to the party en-