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amendment 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 Bal-
timore, respcctivel); provided that said powers so trans-
ferred 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 powers in excess of those
conferred by the Legislature upon said Counties or City as
this Article sets forth.

SEC. 7.¹⁸⁶ The word "Petition" as used in this Article
means one or more sheets written or printed, or partly
written and partly 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 proscribe 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 are not in conflict with this Article.
The fake 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.¹⁸⁷

Cnr OF BALTIMORE-LAND DEVELOPMENT
AND REDEVELOPMENT.

SECTION I.¹" The General Assembly of Maryland,
by public local law, may authorize and empower 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, casement 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.

Article XI-C

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

SEC. 3.¹⁹⁰ Vacant.

ARTICLE XI-C.¹⁹¹
OFF-STREET BARKING.

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.