1656                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 791

carrying out of the purposes of this subheading and to adopt or ap-
prove, modify and amend such plans, which plans may include but
shall not be limited to: (i) plans for carrying out a program of volun-
tary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and im-
provements, (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, rehabilitation, demoli-
tion, 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 fami-
lies, 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 reim-
bursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the mak-
ing of such payments financed by the Federal Government;

(3)  to appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subheading, including
the payment or reimbursement of reasonable actual costs incurred as
a result of utility relocations when such relocations are made neces-
sary by an urban renewal project, after making appropriate adjust-
ment for any improvements or betterments to the utility's facilities
made in connection with the relocation; and to levy taxes and assess-
ments 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 Government, the State, County
or other public bodies, or from any sources, public or private, for the
purposes of this subheading, and to give such security as may be re-
quired therefor; to invest any urban renewal funds held in reserves
or sinking funds or any such funds not required for immediate dis-
bursement, in property or securities which are legal investments for
other County 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 County 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 neces-
sary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this subhead-
ing, including the power to enter into agreement with any other public
bodies or agencies (which agreements may extend over any period,
notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary), and to
include in any contract for financial assistance with the Federal Gov-
ernment for or with respect to an urban renewal project and related
activities such conditions imposed pursuant to Federal laws as the
County may deem reasonable and appropriate;

(6)   to enter into any building or property in any urban renewal
area in order to make inspections, surveys, appraisals, soundings or
test borings, and to obtain an order for this purpose from the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County in the event entry is denied or re-
sisted;