1078                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 410

AN ACT concerning

Kent County — Urban Renewal in Galena

FOR the purpose of authorizing the municipal corporation
of Galena in Kent County to undertake by appropriate
legislative action an urban renewal and
redevelopment program; defining certain terms;
specifying certain powers of Galena with regard to
urban renewal projects; establishing an urban
renewal agency; providing for the preparation and
approval of a plan for an urban renewal project;
providing for the disposal of property in an urban
renewal area; granting certain powers of eminent
domain; encouraging certain private enterprise;
providing for general obligation and revenue bonds;
and establishing a short title.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Kent County

Section 367A through 367M, inclusive, to be

the new subheading "Redevelopment —

Renewal"
Article 15 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1968 Edition and 1975 Supplement, as amended)

Preamble

WHEREAS, It is hereby found and declared that there
exist in Galena, Maryland areas or conditions which
require redevelopment, renewal, or rehabilitation with
the aid and assistance of Federal and other Government
Funds; that the existence of those areas contributes to
the spread of crime and disease, constitutes an economic
and moral liability, decreases the tax base, reduces tax
revenues, increases juvenile delinquency, aggravates
traffic conditions and causes numerous traffic problems;
that the prevention and elimination of these conditions
is a matter of public concern of the State of Maryland
and Galena, Kent County. It is further found and
declared that the existence of these conditions makes it
necessary to acquire private property for redevelopment,
renewal, and rehabilitation and such acquisition is
hereby declared to be for a public purpose; now,
therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 367A through 367M, inclusive,
to be under the new subheading "Redevelopment — Urban
Renewal", be and they are hereby added to the Public
Local Laws of Kent County being Article 15 of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1968 Edition and 1975 Supplement,
as amended) to read as follows:

under
Urban