J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                              1457

(2) demolition and removal of buildings and improvements;

(3) installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utili-
ties, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carry-
ing out in the urban renewal area the urban renewal objectives of this
Act in accordance with the urban renewal plan;

(4) disposition of any property acquired in the urban renewal area
(including sale, leasing or retention by the County itself) at its fair
value for uses in accordance with the urban renewal plan;

(5)   carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory
repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements in ac-
cordance with the urban renewal plan; and

(6)   acquisition of any other real property in the urban renewal
area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, lessen density, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental
to the public welfare, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread
of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facili-
ties.

(f)   "Urban Renewal Area" shall mean a slum area or blighted
area or both, which the County Council for Montgomery County desig-
nates as appropriate for an urban renewal project

(g)   "Urban Renewal Plan" shall mean a plan, as it exists from
time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan shall be suffi-
ciently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and re-
moval of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation
as may be proposed to be carried out in the urban renewal area, zoning
and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum density, and build-
ing requirements.

4. Powers—Authority.

(a)   The County Council for Montgomery County is hereby author-
ized and empowered to carry out and effectuate the purposes and pro-
visions of this act:

(b)   To carry out urban renewal projects, which shall be limited to
slum clearance in slum or blighted areas and redevelopment thereof,
or the rehabilitation of slum OR blighted areas.

(c)   To acquire in connection with such projects, within Mont-
gomery County, Maryland, land and property of every kind and any
right, title, interest, franchise, easement, or privilege therein, includ-
ing land or property or any right therein already devoted to public
use by purchase, lease, gift, option, condemnation, or any other legal
means, for development or redevelopment purposes, including, but not
limited to, the demolition, comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation
thereof, provided, however, that any land or property owned by the
State of Maryland shall not be acquired without the prior consent of
the State.

(d)   To mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber or dispose of
any real property, provided that statutory provision with respect to
the acquisition, clearance, demolition or disposition of property by
public bodies shall not apply to an Urban Renewal Project and related
activities unless the legislature shall specifically so state.