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720 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 3 SEC. 55. The General Assembly shall pass no Law sus- pending the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus. SEC. 56. The General Assembly shall have power to pass all such Laws as may be necessary and proper for car- rying into execution the powers vested, by this Constitution, in any Department, or office of the Government, and the du- ties imposed upon them thereby. SEC. 57. The Legal Rate of Interest shall be Six per cent per annum, unless otherwise provided by the General As- sembly. 1 SEC. 58. The Legislature shall provide by Law for State and municipal taxation upon the revenues accruing from business done in the State by all foreign corporations. SEC. 59. The office of "State Pension Commissioner" is hereby abolished; and the Legislature shall pass no law creating such office, or establishing any general pension system within this State. ' SEC. 60. The General Assembly of Maryland shall have the power to provide by suitable general enactment (a) for the suspension of sentence by the Court in criminal cases; (b) for any form of the indeterminate sentence in criminal cases, and (c) for the release upon parole in whatever man- ner the General Assembly may prescribe, of convicts im- prisoned under sentence for crimes. •"SEC. 61. (a) The General Assembly may authorize and empower any county or any municipal corporation, by public local law: (1) To carry out urban renewal projects which shall be limited to slum clearance in slum or blighted areas and redevelopment or the rehabilitation of slum or blighted areas, and to include the acquisition, within the boundary lines of such county or municipal corporation, of land and property of every kind and any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, by purchase, lease, gift, condemnation or any other legal means. The term "slum area" shall mean any area where dwellings predominate which, by reason of depreciation, overcrowding, faulty ar- rangement or design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detri- mental to the public safety, health or morals. The term 1 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1966, ratified November 6, 1966. 2 Added by Chapter 463, Acts of 1914, ratified November 2, 1916. 3 Added by Chapter 444, Acts of 1969, ratified November 8, 1960. |
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