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1562
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 510
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(II) TO RESTRICT THE CITY FROM EXERCISING ANY
POWER GRANTED TO THE CITY BY OTHER PUBLIC GENERAL OR PUBLIC LOCAL
LAW OR OTHERWISE; NOR
(III) TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OR ITS OFFICERS TO
ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY WHICH IS BEYOND THEIR POWER UNDER OTHER
PUBLIC GENERAL LAW, PUBLIC LOCAL LAW, OR OTHERWISE.
Article 44A - Housing Authorities
2.
It is hereby declared, (a) that there exist in the State
insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of
low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe
accommodations; that within the State there is a shortage of safe
or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which
persons of low income can afford and that such persons are forced
to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that
the aforesaid condition [cause] CAUSES an increase in and spread
of disease and crime and [constitute] CONSTITUTES a menace to
health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the State
and impair economic values; that these conditions necessitate
excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for
crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire
and accident protection, and other public services and
facilities; (b) that these slum areas cannot be cleared, nor can
the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low
income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise,
and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low
income (as herein defined) would therefore not be competitive
with private enterprise; (c) that the clearance, replanning and
reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing
conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling
accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and
purposes for which public money may be spent and private property
acquired; that it is in the public interest that work on such
projects be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve
unemployment which now constitutes an emergency; (D) THAT IT IS
THE POLICY OF THIS STATE TO SUPPLANT DISPLACE AND LIMIT FREE
ECONOMIC COMPETITION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SAFE, SANITARY, AND
DECENT HOUSING FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE; and the necessity
in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is
hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
8.
An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and
politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions,
and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out
and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article,
including the following powers in addition to others herein
granted:
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