J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1315

THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY. THE MAYOR AND
ALDERMEN SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO CALL A SPECIAL
ELECTION FOR SUCH PURPOSE OF SUBMIT THE SAME TO
THE QUALIFIED VOTERS AT A GENERAL ELECTION PRO-
VIDED IN EITHER EVENT THAT THE QUESTION BE SO
SUBMITTED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EXPIRATION
OF THE AFORESAID THIRTY DAY PERIOD. THE MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN ARE FURTHER EMPOWERED TO DO ALL
THINGS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION WITH SAID ELEC-
TION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FIXING THE TIME
THE POLLS SHALL BE OPEN, DESIGNATING OFFICIALS,
PROVIDING BALLOTS AND ALL OTHER THINGS NECESSARY
OR PROPER FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION. ANY
ORIGINAL URBAN RENEWAL PLAN SO SUBJECTED TO
REFERENDUM SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON RECEIVING A
MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST AT THE ELECTION AS AFORE-
SAID AND NOT OTHERWISE. THE HOURS OF OPENING AND
CLOSING THE POLLS AT ANY ELECTION HELD UNDER THIS
PROVISION SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE HOURS FOR POLL-
ING PLACES AT PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS IN
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

(b)  An urban renewal plan may be modified at any time, provided
that if modified after the lease or sale of real property in the urban
renewal project area, the modification may be conditioned upon such
approval of the owner, lessee or successor in interest as the munici-
pality may deem advisable and in any event shall be subject to such
rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or his successor or
successors in interest, may be entitled to assert Where the proposed
modification will substantially change the urban renewal plan as
previously approved by the municipality, the modification shall be
formally approved by the municipality, as in the case of an original
plan,

(c)  Upon the approval by the municipality of an urban renewal
plan or of any modification thereof, such plan or modification shall
be deemed to be in full force and effect for the respective urban re-
newal area and the municipality may then cause such plan or modi-
fication to be carried out in accordance with its terms.

6. Disposal of Property in Urban Renewal Area

(a) The municipality may sell, lease or otherwise transfer real
property or any interest therein acquired for it by an urban renewal
project, for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, educa-
tional or other uses or for public use, or may retain such property or
interest for public use, in accordance with the urban renewal plan,
subject to such convenants, conditions and restrictions, including
covenants running with the land, as it may deem to be necessary
or desirable to assist in preventing the development or spread of fu-
ture slums or blighted area or to otherwise carry out the purposes
of this sub-heading. The purchasers or lessees and their successors
and assigns shall be obligated to devote such real property only to the
uses specified in the urban renewal plan, and may be obligated to
comply with such other requirements as the municipality may de-
termine to be in the public interest, including the obligation to begin
within a reasonable time any improvements on such real property re-
quired by the urban renewal plan. Such real property or interest