1458                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                              Ch. 555

CHAPTER 555
(House Bill 1779)

AN ACT concerning

Anna Arundel County — Eminent Domain

FOR the purpose of providing, upon approval of the County
Council, that land in Anne Arundel County not
improved with buildings and determined to be
necessary and in immediate need for public use, may
be taken by the County upon payment to the owner or
into court of an amount determined by certain
appraisers to be the property value; requiring
additional payment if awarded by a jury; and
submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of
the State of Maryland for their adoption or
rejection.

BY proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland

Article III - Legislative Department
Section 40A

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, (Three—fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses concurring), That the following be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section 40A of Article III — Legislative Department, of
the Constitution of Maryland, the same, if adopted by the
legally qualified voters of the State, as herein
provided, to become a part of the Constitution of
Maryland:

Article III — Legislative Department

40A.

The General Assembly shall enact no law authorizing
private property to be taken for public use without just
compensation, to be agreed upon between the parties, or
awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the
party entitled to such compensation, but where such
property is situated in Baltimore City and is desired by
this State or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
the General Assembly may provide that such property may
be taken immediately upon payment therefor to the owner
or owners thereof by the State or by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, or into court, such amount as the
State or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the
case may be, shall estimate to be the fair value of said