J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1345

urban renewal projects which shall be limited to slum clearance in
slum or blighted areas and redevelopment or the rehabilitation of
slum or blighted areas; to acquire in connection with such projects,
within the corporate limits of the municipality, land and property
of every kind and any right, interest, franchise, easement or priv-
ilege therein, including land or property and any right or interest
therein already devoted to public use by purchase, lease, gift, con-
demnation or any other legal means; 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, part-
nership, association, person or other legal entity. No land or property
taken by the municipality for any of the aforementioned purposes or
in connection with the exercise of any of the powers which by this
sub-heading are granted to the municipality 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 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 under-
taken 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 follow-
ing 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 vol-
untary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and
improvements, (ii) plans for the enforcement of codes and regula-
tions relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of build-
ings and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation,
demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements; and (iii)
appraisals, 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 subheading, including
but not limited to, the payment of any and all costs and expenses in-
curred in connection with, or incidental to, the acquisition of land or