shall be adopted and become a part of the charter of the
City or County from and after the thirtieth day after said
election. The amendments shall be published by the Mayor
of Baltimore or President of the County Council once a
week for five successive weeks prior to the election in at
least one newspaper published in said City or County

SEC. 6. The power heretofore conferred upon the
General Assembly to prescribe the number, compensation,
powers and duties of the County Commissioners in each
county, and the power to make changes in Sections 1 to 6
inclusive, Article XI of this Constitution, when expressly
granted as hereinbefore provided, are hereby transferred to
the voters of each County and the voters of City of Balti-
more, respectively, provided that said powers so transferred
shall be exercised only by the adoption or amendment of a
charter as hereinbefore provided; and provided further that
this Article shall not be construed to authorize the exercise
of any powe^s in excess of those conferred by the Legisla-
ture upon said Counties or City as this Article sets forth.

SEC. 7.184 The word "Petition" as used in this Article
means one or more sheets written or printed, or partly
written and panly printed. There shall be attached to each
paper of signatures filed with a petition an affidavit of the
person procuring those signatures that the signatures were
affixed in his presence and that, based upon the person's
best knowledge and belief, every signature on the paper is
genuine and bona fide and that the signers are registered
voters at the address set opposite or below their names.
The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the form of
the petition, the manner for verifying its authenticity, and
other administrative procedures which facilitate the peti-
tion process and which arc not in conflict with this Article.
The false signing of any name, or the signing of any
fictitious name to said petition shall be forgery, and the
making of any false affidavit in connection with said peti-
tion shall be perjury.

ARTICLE XI-B.185

CITY OF BALTIMORE—LAND DEVELOPMENT
AND REDEVELOPMENT.

SECTION 1.186 The General Assembly of Maryland,
by public local law, may authorize and en^wer the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore:

(a) To acquire, within the boundary lines of Baltimore
City, land and property of every kind, and any right,
interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, by pur-
chase, lease, gift, condemnation or any other legal means,
for development or redevelopment, including, but not
limited to, the comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation
thereof; and

(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose
of any of said land or property, regardless of whether or not
it has been developed, redeveloped, altered or improved
and irrespective of the manner or means in or by which it
may have been acquired, to any private, public or quasi
public corporation, partnership, association, person or
other legal entity.

No land or property taken by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore for any of the aforementioned

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purposes or in connection with the exercise of any of the
powers which may be granted to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore pursuant to this Article by exercising
the power of eminent domain, shall be taken without just
compensation, as agreed upon between the parties, or
awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party
entitled to such compensation.

All land or property needed, or taken by the exercise of
the powe^ of eminent domain, by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore for any of the aforementioned pur-
poses or in connection with the exercise of any of the
powers which may be granted to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore pursuant to this Article is hereby
declared to be needed or taken for a public use.

SEC. 2.187 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
inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Article
or with any other provision or provisions of the Constitu-
tion 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 pir^r and expedient.

SEC. 3.188 Vacant.

ARTICLE XI-C.189
OFF-STREET PARKING.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Maryland, by
public 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,
condemnation or any other legal means, for storing, park-
ing and servicing self-propelled vehicles, provided, that no
petroleum products shall be sold or offered for sale at any
entrance to or exit from, any land so acquired or at any
entrance to, or exit from, any structure erected thereon,
when any entrance to, or exit from, any such land or
structure faces on a street or highway which is more than
25 feet wide from curb to curb; and

(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose
of any of said land or property, regardless of whether or not
it has been developed, redeveloped, altered, or improved
and irrespective of the manner or means in or by which it
may have been acquired, to any private, public or quasi
public corporation, partnership, association, person or
other legal entity.

No land or property taken by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore for any of the aforementioned pur-
poses or in connection with the exercise of any of the