MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

3709

County Council of Montgomery County or of the County
Commissioners of Prince George's County may be given by
simple resolution authorizing the president of the
Council (or County Commissioners] to endorse the approval
of [Montgomery County or Prince George's] THE County on
the supplementary agreement and to execute a guarantee by
this [subheading] SUBTITLE.

(h) When legislative action not necessary by
Montgomery County. In approving either (1) basic or
underlying agreements or amendments thereto and not
relating to acquisition of a particular unit of park
lands, or (2) supplementary agreements supplementary to
[such] basic or underlying agreements and relating only
to acquisition of particular units of park lands, no
legislative action by the County Council of Montgomery
County [shall be] IS necessary.

TITLE 5

DISTRICT PROPERTY

SUBTITLE 1. GENERALLY

[26.] 5-101.

(a)     General Powers. For the purpose of carrying
out its general plans for the physical development of the
Metropolitan District, or any part thereof, the
Commission [has the power to] MAY acquire land or other
property located within the District for parks, parkways,
forests, streets, roads, boulevards, or other public
ways, grounds, or spaces, by means of donations,
purchases, or condemnation. The Commission [has the
power to] MAY improve and develop land or other property
so acquired by it for [said] THESE purposes and has the
control of the maintenance and operation thereof. No
general regulation governing [such] THESE public ways,
grounds, or open spaces within either Montgomery or
Prince George's County [shall] MAY go into effect unless
and until it receives the affirmative vote of at least
three members of the Commission from [such] THAT county.

(b)    Recreation facilities. The purposes for which
the Commission [is authorized to] MAY acquire lands or
other properties, whether by purchase or condemnation,
are enlarged to include the purposes of public recreation
or the construction of public recreation centers,
community buildings, or other public buildings necessary
to house the public recreation program or any part
thereof.

(c)     Notwithstanding any power given to the
commission to acquire land or other property, for the