Article XI-H
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
inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this
Article or with any other provision or provisions of
the Constitution of Maryland, except as provided
in this Article. 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.
ARTICLE Xl-r"
CITY OF BALTIMORE—INDUSTRIAL Fl.
NANCING LOANS.
1. The General Assembly of Maryland, by
Public Local Law, may authorize the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore:
(a) To make or contract to make financial
loans to any person or other legal entity to be
used for or in connection with the purchase, ac-
quisition, construction, reconstruction, erection,
development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, reno-
vation, modernization or improvement of
buildings or structures, including any land neces-
sary therefor, within the boundaries of Baltimore
City, which buildings or structures are to be used
or occupied for industrial purposes.
(b) To guarantee or insure financial loans made
by third parties to any person or other legal entity
which are to be used for or in connection with the
purchase, acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
erection, development, redevelopment, rehabilita-
tion, renovation, modernization, or improvement
of buildings or structures, including any land nec-
essary therefor, within the boundaries of Baltimore
City, which buildings or structures are to be used
or occupied for industrial purposes.
(c) Any and all financial loans made by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; any and
all guarantees or insurance commitments made by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in con-
nection with any of the loans; and any and all
money used or expended by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore in connection with the
loans, guarantees, or insurance commitments,
pursuant to the power and authority hereinabove
vested in the municipality, and any and all acts
performed by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore in connection with any powers which
may be granted to the Mayor and City Council
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of Baltimore pursuant to this Article, are all de-
clared to be needed, contracted for, expended or
exercised for a public use.
(d) In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of this Article and those of Article XI,
Section 7, of the Constitution of Maryland, or
any other provisions of the Constitution, then the
provisions of this Article shall control.
2. The General Assembly of Maryland may
grant to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore any and all additional power and au-
thority necessary or proper to carry into full force
and effect any and all of the specific powers
which the General Assembly of Maryland is au-
thorized 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 au-
thority is not inconsistent with the terms and
provisions of this Article or with any other provi-
sion or provisions of the Constitution of Mary-
land, except as provided in this Article. The Gen-
eral 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.
ARTICLE XII.
PUBLIC WORKS.
SECTION 1. The Governor, the Comptroller
of the Treasury and the Treasurer, shall consti-
tute the Board of Public Works in this State.
They shall keep a journal of their proceedings,
and shall hold regular sessions in the City of An-
napolis, on the first Wednesday in January, April,
July and October, in each year, and oftener, if
necessary; at which sessions they shall hear and
determine such matters as affect the Public
Works of the State, and as the General Assembly
may confer upon them the power to decide.
SEC. 2.""* They shall exercise a diligent and
faithful supervision of all Public Works in which
the State may be interested as Stockholder or
Creditor, and shall appoint the Directors in every
Railroad and Canal Company, in which the State
has the legal power to appoint Directors, which
said Directors shall represent the State in all
meetings of the Stockholders of the respective
Companies for which they are appointed or
"' Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified No-
vember 6,1956.