204                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 102

or in connection with the exercise of any of the powers granted by
this sub-heading 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 governmental functions undertaken
for public uses and purposes and the power of taxation may be exer-
cised, public funds expended and public credit extended in further-
ance thereof. The municipality is hereby granted the following addi-
tional 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 ob-
jects 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 volun-
tary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improve-
ments, (ii) plans for the enforcement of codes and regulations relat-
ing 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 per-
sons for moving expenses and losses of property for which reim-
bursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the
making 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 sub-heading, 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 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 ad-
vances, 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 sub-heading, and to give such security as may be required
therefor; to invest any urban renewal funds held in reserves or sink-
ing funds or any such funds not required for immediate disburse-
ment, in property or securities which are legal investments for other
municipal funds.

(4) to hold, improve, clear or prepare for redevelopment any prop-
erty acquired in connection with urban renewal projects; to mort-
gage, 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
necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this sub-