BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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immediate taking of property as it applies to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore on June 1, 1961, shall remain in
force and effect to and including June 1, 1963, and where
such property is situated in Baltimore County and is desired
by Baltimore County, Maryland, the County Council of
Baltimore County, Maryland, may provide for the appointment
of an appraiser or appraisers by a Court of Record to value
such property and that upon payment of the amount of such
evaluation, to the party entitled to compensation, or into
Court, and securing the payment of any further sum that may
be awarded by a jury, such property may be taken; and where
such property is situated in Montgomery County and in the
judgment of and upon a finding by the County Council of said
County that there is immediate need therefor for right of
way for County roads or streets, the County Council may
provide that such property may be taken immediately upon
payment therefor to the owner or owners thereof, or into
court, such amount as a licensed real estate broker
appointed by the County Council shall estimate to be the
fair market value of such property, provided that the
Council shall secure the payment of any further sum that may
subsequently be awarded by a jury. In the various
municipal corporations within Cecil County, AND IN THE
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF CHESTERTOWN IN KENT COUNTY, where
in the judgment of and upon a finding by the governing body
of said municipal corporation that there is immediate need
therefor for right of way for municipal roads, streets and
extension of municipal water, and sewage, AND STORM DRAIN
facilities, the governing body may provide that such
property may be taken immediately upon payment therefor to
the owner or owners thereof, or into court, such amount as a
licensed real estate broker appointed by the particular
governing body shall estimate to be a fair market value of
such property, provided that the municipal corporation shall
secure the payment of any further sum that subsequently may
be awarded by a jury. This Section 40A shall not apply in
Montgomery County, or IN any of the various municipal
corporations within Cecil County, OR IN THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION OF CHESTERTOWN IN KENT COUNTY, if the property
actually to be taken includes a building or buildings.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of Maryland, at the next general election to be
held in this State in November, 1978, shall be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of directions contained in Article
XIV of the Constitution of this State. At that general
election, the vote on this proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional
Amendments" and "Against the Constitutional Amendments," as
new provided by law. Immediately after the election, all
returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and
against the proposed amendment, as directed by Article XIV
of the Constitution, and further proceedings had in
accordance with Article XIV.