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2333 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 497
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CHAPTER 497
(House Bill 975)
AN ACT concerning
City of Baltimore - General Powers
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore to assess and collect tolls on any
bridge, tunnel or approach thereto constructed as
part of the Interstate System of Highways pursuant
to Title 23 of the United States Code within the
bounds of Baltimore City in order to pay for the
construction, maintenance, and operation thereof.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article II - General Powers
Sections 34(a) and (d)
Charter of Baltimore City
(1964 Revision, as amended)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 34(a) and (d) of Article II -
General Powers, of the Charter of Baltimore City (1964
Revision, as amended) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
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Article II - General Powers
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34.
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(a) To CONSTRUCT, open, extend, widen, straighten
or close streets, BRIDGES, TUNNELS OR APPROACHES TO THEM
and OTHER public ways of every kind within the bounds of
the city; [and] to assess and collect benefits and to
award and pay damages resulting therefrom; AND TO ASSESS
AND COLLECT TOLLS ON ANY BRIDGE, TUNNEL OR APPROACH
THERETO TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION OF ANY SUCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF
THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS PURSUANT TO TITLE 23 OF
THE UNITED STATES CODE, AND TO PLEDGE ANY TOLL REVENUES,
LESS THE ACTUAL COST OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF
SUCH FACILITIES, PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (50) OF ARTICLE
IT OF THIS CHARTER, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BONDS, NOTES
OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS ISSUED TO FINANCE THE COST OF
CONSTRUCTION OF ANY SUCH BRIDGE, TUNNEL, OR APPROACH
THERETO; PROVIDED THAT VEHICLES OWNED BY THE STATE AND
BALTIMORE CITY ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUCH
TOLL;
(d) To regulate the use of streets and public ways
by persons, animals and vehicles; to prohibit the use of
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