1312                             Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 755

party entitled to such compensation. All land or property needed or
taken by the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the
municipality for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connection
with the exercise of any of the powers granted by this sub-heading
is hereby declared to be needed or taken for public uses and purposes.
Any or all of the activities authorized pursuant to this section shall
constitute governmental functions undertaken for public uses and
purposes and the power of taxation may be exercised, public funds
expended and public credit extended in furtherance thereof. The
municipality is hereby granted the following additional powers which
are hereby found and declared to be necessary and proper to carry
into full force and effect the specific powers hereinbefore granted and
to fully accomplish the purposes and objects contemplated by the
provisions of this section:

(1)  to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the
carrying out of the purposes of this sub-heading and to adopt or
approve, modify and amend such plans, which plans may include
but shall not be limited to: (i) plans for carrying out a program of
voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and
improvements, (ii) plans for the enforcement of codes and regulations
relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings
and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demo-
lition, or removal of buildings and improvements; and (iii) ap-
praisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other plans and work
necessary to prepare for the undertaking of urban renewal projects
and related activities; and to apply for, accept and utilize grants
of funds from the Federal Government for such purposes;

(2)   to prepare plans for the relocation of persons (including
families, business concerns and others) displaced from an urban
renewal area, and to make relocation payments to or with respect
to such persons for moving expenses and losses of property for which
reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including
the making of such payments financed by the Federal Government;

(3) to appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub-heading, and to
levy taxes and assessments for such purposes; to borrow money and
to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions and
any other form of financial assistance from the Federal Government,
the State, County or other public bodies, or from any sources, public
or private, for the purposes of this sub-heading, and to give such
security as may be required therefor; to invest any urban renewal
funds held in reserves or sinking funds or any such funds not re-
quired for immediate disbursement, in property or securities which
are legal investments for other municipal funds.

(4) to hold, improve, clear or prepare for redevelopment any
property acquired in connection with urban renewal projects; to
mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber such property;
to insure or provide for the insurance of such property or operations
of the municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power
to pay premiums on any such insurance;

(5) to make and execute all contracts and other instruments neces-
sary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this sub-
heading, including the power to enter into agreement with other