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ARTICLE XI-B.¹⁸⁸

SECTION 1.¹⁸⁹ 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, 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
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. 2.¹⁹⁰ 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 proper and expedient.

SEC. 3.¹⁹¹ Vacant.

ARTICLE XI-C.¹⁹²
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
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 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 incon-
sistent with the terms and provisions of this Article or with
any other provision or provisions of the Constitution 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 proper and expedient.

SEC. 3.¹⁹³ In addition to the powers granted and
exercised under Sections 1 and 2, the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore may, by ordinance, borrow money to