870 /Maryland Manual 1994-1995
ARTICLE XI-H.²⁰³

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, acquisition, construction, erection or
development of buildings or structures, including any land
necessary therefor, within the boundaries of Baltimore City,
which buildings or structures are to be used or occupied for
residential 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, erection or development of buildings or
structures, including any land necessary therefor, within the
boundaries of Baltimore City, which buildings or structures
are to be used or occupied for residential 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 connection 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 municipal-
ity, 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 of Balti-
more pursuant to this Article, are all declared 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 authority necessary or proper to carry into full
force and effect any and all of the specific powers which
the General Assembly of Maryland 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, except as provided in this Article. The
General Assembly may place such other and further restric-
tions 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 XI-H
ARTICLE XI-I.²⁰⁴

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, acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
erection, development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, reno-
vation, modernization or improvement of buildings or
structures, including any land necessary 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, rede-
velopment, rehabilitation, renovation, modernization, or
improvement of buildings or structures, including any land
necessary 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 connection 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 municipal-
ity, 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 of Bald-
more pursuant to this Article, are all declared 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 authority necessary or proper to
carry into full force and effect any and all of the specific
powers which the General Assembly of Maryland 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 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.