J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1655

(7) the preservation, improvement or embellishment of historic
structures or monuments.

(e)   "Urban Renewal Area" shall mean a slum area or a blighted
area outside the limits of the city of Annapolis or a combination
thereof which the Board of County Commissioners designates as ap-
propriate for an urban renewal project.

(f)   "Urban Renewal Plan" shall mean a plan, as it exists from
time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan shall be suf-
ficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and
removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilita-
tion as may be proposed to be carried out in the urban renewal area,
zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum density and
building requirements.

(g)   "Bonds" shall mean any bonds (including refunding bonds),
notes, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or
other obligations.

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3. The Board of County Commissioners 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 County but outside
the corporate limits of Annapolis, land and property of every kind
and any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, in-
cluding 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 County
for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connection with the
exercise of any of the powers which by this subheading are granted
to the County by exercising the power of eminent domain shall be
taken without just compensation, as agreed upon between 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 County for any of
the aforementioned purposes or in connection with the exercise of
any of the powers granted by this subheading 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 govern-
mental 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 Board of County Com-
missioners 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 contemplated by the
provisions of this section:

(1) to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the