1458                             Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 821

(e)   To develop or redevelop, including, but not limited to, the
comprehensive renovation, or rehabilitation of any and all land or
property acquired by any of the methods hereinbefore mentioned.

(f)    To apply for and accept from the United States of America,
the State of Maryland, or any department or agency thereof, or any
other source, any loan, grant, gift, contribution or aid of any kind.

(g)   To make and execute all contracts, agreements, deeds, leases,
franchises, or other legal instruments, for such term and under such
conditions as may be necessary or convenient to exercise and carry
out the provisions of this Act, notwithstanding any limitations as to
the term of years imposed by other laws on said contracts, agree-
ments, deeds, leases or franchises.

(h) To plan, replan, install, construct, reconstruct, repair, open,
close, abandon, or vacate streets, roads, sidewalks, public utilities,
parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements in connection with
an urban renewal project.

(i) To enter into any building or property in any urban renewal
area in order to make inspections, surveys, appraisals, soundings or
test borings.

(j) To hold, improve, clear or prepare for redevelopment any prop-
erty acquired in connection with urban renewal projects; to insure
or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or
operations of the county against any risks or hazards, including the
authority to pay premiums on any such insurance.

(k) To make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the
carrying out of the purposes of this Act and to adopt or approve,
modify and amend such plans, which plans may include, but are not
limited to: (1) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or com-
pulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements,
(2) plans for the enforcement of codes and regulations relating to
the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improve-
ments and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or
removal of buildings and improvements, and (3) 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.

(l) To prepare plans for the relocation of persons (including
families, business concerns and others) displaced from an urban re-
newal 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.

(m) To generally organize, coordinate and direct the administra-
tion of the provisions of this Act in order that the objective of remedy-
ing slum or blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof with
Montgomery County may be most effectively promoted and achieved.

(n) To formulate a "workable program" for utilizing the powers
and authority authorized by the Constitution of Maryland, and public
general laws, in order to promote development and redevelopment
in an Urban Renewal Area.