COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		Assembly may provide that such property
		may be taken immediately upon payment
		therefor to the owner or owners thereof by
		the State or by the Mayor and City Council
		of Baltimore, or into court, such amount
		as the State or the Mayor and City Council
		of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall
		estimate to be the fair value of said prop-
		erty, provided such legislation also requires
		the payment of any further sum that may
		subsequently be added by a jury; and
		further provided that the authority and
		procedure for the immediate taking of prop-
		erty as it applies to the Mayor and City
		Council of Baltimore on June 1, 1961, shall
		remain in force and effect to and including
		June 1, 1963, and where such property is
		situated in Baltimore County and is desired
		by Baltimore County, Maryland, the County
		Council of Baltimore County, Maryland,
		may provide for the appointment of an ap-
		praiser or appraisers by a Court of Record
		to value such property and that upon pay-
		ment of the amount of such evaluation, to
		the party entitled to compensation, or into
		Court, and securing the payment of any
		further sum that may be awarded by a jury,
		such property may be taken; and where
		such property is situated in Montgomery
		County and in the judgment of and upon
		a finding by the County Council of said
		County that there is immediate need there-
		for for right of way for County roads or
		streets, the County Council may provide
		that such property may be taken immedi-
		ately upon payment therefor to the owner
		or owners thereof, or into Court, such
		amount as a licensed real estate broker
		appointed by the County Council shall
		estimate to be the fair market value of
		such property, provided that the Council
		shall secure the payment of any further
		sum that may subsequently be awarded by
		a jury. In the various municipal corpora-
		tions within Cecil County, Where in the
		judgment of and upon a finding by the
		governing body of said municipal corpora-
		tion that there is immediate need therefor
		for right of way for municipal roads, streets
		and extension of municipal water and sew-
		age facilities, the governing body may
		provide that such property may be taken
		immediately upon payment therefor to the
		owner or owners thereof, or into Court,
		such amount as a licensed real estate
		broker appointed by the particular govern-
		ing body shall estimate to be a fair market
		value of such property, provided that the
		municipal corporation shall secure the

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