PROCEDURE FOR THE IMMEDIATE TAKING OF
PROPERTY AS IT APPLIES TO THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE ON JUNE 1, 1961,
SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE AND EFFECT TO AND
INCLUDING JUNE 1, 1963, and where such property is
situated in Baltimore County and is desired by Baltimore
County, Maryland, the County Council of Baltimore County,
Maryland, may provide for the appointment of an appraiser
or appraisers by a Court of Record to value such property
and that upon payment of the amount of such evaluation,
to the party entitled to compensation, or into Court, and
securing the payment of any further sum that may be
awarded by a jury, such property may be taken; and where
such property is situated in Montgomery County and in the
judgment of and upon a finding by the County Council of
said County that there is immediate need therefor for right
of way for County roads or streets, the County Council may
provide that such property may be taken immediately upon
payment therefor to the owner or owners thereof, or into
court, such amount as an appraiser appointed by a Court
of Record shall estimate to be the fair market value of such
property, provided that the Council shall secure the pay-
ment of any further sum that may subsequently be awarded
by a jury. This section shall not apply in Montgomery
County if the property actually to be taken includes build-
ings or improvements.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the foregoing
amendment to the Constitution of the State of Maryland
shall, at the election to be held in November, 1962, be sub-
mitted to the legal and qualified voters of the State for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the directions con-
tained in Article 14 of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland, and at the same general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words: "For Constitutional Amendment" and "Against
Constitutional Amendment", as now provided by law, and
immediately after said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against the proposed
amendment, as directed by said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article 14.

Approved April 24,1961.

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.