J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                              1593

funds held in reserve or sinking funds or any such funds not required
for immediate disbursement, in property or securities which are
legal investments for other municipal funds. APPROVED BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HOWARD COUNTY.

(p) To create, appoint, and vest jurisdiction or authority to exer-
cise or perform all or any part of the powers contained in this article,
in a suitable board, agency or commission; to designate the number,
term, compensation and duties of said commission; to require that
no officer, official or, employee of OR MEMBER OF SUCH such
SAID PLANNING Commission, or OF THE PLANNING COM-
MISSION OR OF the County Commissioners; shall become financially
interested in any way in any land or property which may be acquired
for an urban renewal project.

(Q) TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE PLANNING COM-
MISSION OF HOWARD COUNTY, AS THE AGENT OF SAID
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO DO AND PERFORM ANYTHING
OR ALL THINGS WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY AND DESIR-
ABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPER AND EFFICIENT
ADMINISTRATION OF ANY PROJECT AUTHORIZED UNDER
THIS SUB-TITLE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
MAKING OF SURVEYS, STUDIES AND OTHER PLANS, THE
PREPARATION OF AND SUBMISSION TO THE COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS OF REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BASED
UPON SUCH WORK AND THE INITIATING OF ANY URBAN
RENEWAL PROJECT.

(q) (R) To condemn land or property, including improvements, and
all other right, title and interest therein, in the name of Howard
County for said urban renewal project, pursuant to Article 33A.
Maryland Code, 1957 Edition, as amended.

(r) (S) To operate, manage and maintain temporarily any property
acquired by Howard County in an urban renewal area, or for an
urban renewal project, pending disposition of said property as au-
thorized by this Act, as may be deemed desirable even though not
in conformity with the urban renewal plan.

(s) (T) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of or re-
tain 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, associa-
tion, person or other legal entity. Any lease or rental agreement en-
tered into pursuant to this Act, for any of the purposes or objectives
contemplated by this Act, is hereby declared to be exclusively for
business or commercial purposes and the fee, interest, rent, or charge
reserved to be paid shall not be subject to redemption by the lessee,
tenant or their successors in title, except to the extent and in the
manner set forth in such lease agreement. Such property shall be
subject to such covenants, conditions and restrictions, including
covenants running with the land as the County Commissioners may
deem to be necessary or desirable to assist in preventing the develop-
ment or spread of future slums or blighted areas or to otherwise
carry out the purposes of this Act. 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 ob-