1490                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 895

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 municipality for any of
the aforementioned purposes or in connection with the exercise of
any of the powers by which this subheading are granted to the
municipality 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 en-
titled to such compensation. All land and property needed or taken
by the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the municipality
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 con-
stitute governmental functions undertaken for public uses and pur-
poses 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 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
carrying out of the purpose of this subheading and to adopt or ap-
prove, modify and amend such plans, which plans may include but
not be limited to: (i) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary
or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improve-
ments, (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,
demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements; and (iii) ap-
praisals, 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, 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 purpose 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 improvement 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 pri-
vate, for the purposes of this subheading, and to give such security
as may be required therefor; to invest any urban renewal funds
held in reserve or sinking funds or any such funds not required for