SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1463

in the community (not less than sixty days prior to the execution
of any contract to sell, lease or otherwise transfer real property and
prior to the delivery of any instrument of conveyance with respect
thereto under the provisions of this section) invite proposals from
and make available all pertinent information to private redevelopers
or any persons interested in undertaking to redevelop or rehabili-
tate an urban renewal area, or any part thereof. Such notice shall
identify the area, or portion thereof and shall state that proposals
shall be made by those interested within a specified period of not
less than sixty days after the first day of publication of said notice,
and that such further information as is available may be obtained at
such office as shall be designated in said notice. The municipality
shall consider all such redevelopment or rehabilitation proposals and
the financial and legal ability of the persons making such proposal
to carry them out, and may negotiate with any persons for proposals
for the purchase, lease or other transfer of any real property ac-
quired by the municipality in the urban renewal area. The munici-
pality may accept such proposal as it deems to be in the public
interest and in furtherance of the purposes of this subheading.
Thereafter, the municipality may execute and deliver contracts,
deeds, leases and other instruments and take all steps necessary to
effectuate such transfers.

(c)    Temporary operation. The municipality may temporarily
operate and maintain real property acquired by it in an urban re-
newal area for or in connection with an urban renewal project pend-
ing the disposition of the property as authorized in this subheading,
without regard to the provisions of subsection (a) above, for such
uses and purposes as may be deemed desirable even though not in
conformity with the urban renewal plan.

(d)    Title. Any instrument executed by the municipality and
purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property
under this subheading shall be conclusively presumed to have been
executed in compliance with the provisions of this subheading inso-
far as title or other interest of any bona fide purchaser, lessees or
transferees of such property is concerned.

(e)    Residential housing. In the event that urban renewal plans
involve removal of residential housing, provision and plans must be
made for their replacement with adequate facilities for the resi-
dents so displaced.

18-18. Eminent domain.

Condemnation of land or property under the provisions of this
subheading shall be in accordance with the procedure provided in
Article 33A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, as
amended) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

18-19. Encouragement of private enterprise.

The municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be fea-
sible in carrying out the provisions of this subheading, shall afford
maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the munic-
ipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of any
urban renewal area by private enterprise. The municipality shall
give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under
this subheading.