MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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its duties and the execution of its powers under this
subheading;

(j) To employ consulting engineers, attorneys,
accountants, construction and financial experts,
superintendents, managers, and such other employees and
agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and to fix
their compensation;

(k) To receive and accept from any federal agency
grants for or in aid of the construction of the
Expressway, and to receive and accept aid or
contributions from any source of either money, property,
labor or other things of value, to be held, used and
applied only for the purposes for which such grants and
contributions may be made; and

(1) To do all acts and things necessary or
convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in
this subheading.

§5. [§ 145.] Incidental powers; consent to use of State
lands.

The Commission shall have authority to construct
grade separations at intersections of the Expressway with
public roads and State highways and to change and adjust
the lines and grades of such roads and highways so as to
accommodate the same to the design of such grade
separation. The cost of such grade separations and any
damage incurred in changing and adjusting the lines and
grades of such roads and highways shall be ascertained
and paid by the Commission as a part of the cost of the
Expressway.

If the Commission shall find it necessary to change
the location of any portion of any public road or State
highway affected by the construction of the Expressway,
it may cause the same to be reconstructed at such
location as the Commission shall deem most favorable.
The cost of such reconstruction and any damage incurred
in changing the location of any such road or highway
shall be ascertained and paid by the Commission as a part
of the cost of the Expressway. The Commission shall
have power to make reasonable regulations for the
installation, construction, removal, and relocation of
pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, and
other equipment and appliances (herein called "public
utility facilities") of any political subdivision of the
State or of any public service corporation or person
covered by the provisions of Article 78 of [this] THE
ANNOTATED Code OF MARYLAND (1957 EDITION, AS AMENDED),
in, on, along, or over the Expressway, whether such
public utility facilities are located in, on, along, or
over public highways, or private property. Whenever the
Commission shall determine that it is necessary that any
such public utility facilities shall be relocated in or
removed from the Expressway, the political subdivision or
public service corporation or person owning or operating
such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in
accordance with the order of the Commission; provided,
however, that the cost of removal or relocating of such