J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1059

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 municipality, land and property
of every kind and any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege
therein, including 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, partner-
ship, 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 which by
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 entitled to such compensation. All land
or 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 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 follow-
ing 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 purposes of this subheading 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 regula-
tions relating to the use of land the use and occupancy of buildings
and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation,
demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements; and (in)
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, 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 subheading, including
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