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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 429

Article 25 - County Commissioners

3.

(KK) ALL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, INCLUDING THE
COUNTIES EXCEPTED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, MAY DO
ALL ACTS NECESSARY TO MAKE USE OF FEDERAL OR STATE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
GRANTS, LOANS, OR GUARANTEEING LOANS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES;
PROVIDED, THAT THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THIS SUBSECTION MAY
BE USED ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR HOUSING
PROJECTS.

Article 25A - Chartered Counties

5.

The following enumerated express powers are granted to
and conferred upon any county or counties which hereafter
form a charter under the provisions of Article 11A of the
Constitution, that is to say:

(DD) TO MAKE USE OF FEDERAL OR STATE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS INCLUDING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING GRANTS,
LOANS, OR GUARANTEEING LOANS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES; PROVIDED,
THAT THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE USED
ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND
MAY NOT BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR HOUSING PROJECTS.

Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal

2.

The legislative body of every incorporated municipality
in this State, except Baltimore City, by whatever name
known, shall have general power to pass such ordinances not
contrary to the public general or public local laws and the
Constitution of Maryland as they may deem necessary in order
to assure the good government of the municipality, to
protect and preserve the municipality's rights, property,
and privileges, to preserve peace and good order, to secure
persons and property from danger and destruction, and to
protect the health, comfort and convenience of the citizens
of the municipality; but nothing in this article shall be
construed to authorize the legislative body of any
incorporated municipality to pass any ordinance which is
inconsistent or in conflict with any ordinance, rule or
regulation passed, ordained or adopted by the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and nothing in
this article shall be taken or construed to affect, change,
modify, limit or restrict in any manner any of the corporate
powers of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore which it
now has or which hereafter may be granted to it.