1338                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 615

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 ac-
complish the purposes and objects contemplated by the provisions
of this section:

(1)   to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the
carrying out of the purposes of this sub-heading and to adopt or
approve, modify and amend such plans, which plans may include
but shall not be limited to: (i) plans for carrying out a program
of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings
and improvements, (ii) 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 (iii) 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;

(2)   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, includ-
ing the making of such payments financed by the Federal Govern-
ment:

(3)   to appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub-heading, in-
cluding the payment or reimbursement of reasonable actual costs
incurred as a result of utility relocations when such relocations
are made necessary by an urban renewal project, after making
appropriate adjustment for any improvements or betterments to
the utility's facilities made in connection with the relocation; and
to levy taxes and assessments for such purposes; to borrow money
and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions
and any other form of financial assistance from the Federal Govern-
ment, the State, County or other public bodies, or from any sources,
public or private, for the purposes of this sub-heading, and to give
such security as may be required therefor; to invest any urban
renewal funds held in reserves or sinking funds or any such funds
not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities
which are legal investments for other municipal funds.

(4) to hold, improve, clear or prepare for redevelopment any
property acquired in connection with urban renewal projects; to
mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber such property;
to insure or provide for the insurance of such property or operations
of the municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power
to pay premiums on any such insurance;

(5) to make and execute all contracts and other instruments