J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1519

Section 422-B. Powers.

The municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to carry
out 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 privilege
therein, INCLUDING LAND OR PROPERTY AND ANY RIGHT
OR INTEREST THEREIN ALREADY DEVOTED TO PUBLIC
USE, by purchase, lease, gift, condemnation 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, partnership, association,
person or other legal entity. No land or property taken by the mu-
nicipality for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connection
with the exercise of any of the powers which by this Article are
granted to the municipality by exercising the power of eminent do-
main shall be taken without just compensation, as agreed upon be-
tween 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 con-
nection with the exercise of any of the powers granted by this
Article 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 contem-
plated by the provisions of this section:

(a)  to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the
carrying out of the purposes of this Article XII-A and to adopt or
approve, modify and amend such plans, which plans may include
but shall not be limited to: (1) plans for carrying out a program
of voluntary or compulsory 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 improvements and to the compulsory repair, re-
habilitation, 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;

(b)   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, in-
cluding the making of such payments financed by the Federal
Government;