of the County Council once a week for five successive weeks pri-
or to the election in at least one newspaper published in said
City or County.

SEC. 6. The power heretofore conferred upon the General As-
sembly to prescribe the number, compensation, powers and du-
ties of the County Commissioners in each county, and the power
to make changes in Sections 1 to 6 inclusive. Article XI of this
Constitution, when expressly granted as hereinbefore provided,
are hereby transferred to the voters of each County and the vot-
ers of City of Baltimore, respectively, provided that said powers
so transferred shall be exercised only by the adoption or amend-
ment of a charter as hereinbefore provided; and provided further
that this Article shall not be construed to authorize the exercise
of any powers in excess of those conferred by the Legislature up-
on said Counties or City as this Article sets forth.

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SEC. 7. The word "Petition" as used in this Article,

means one or more sheets written or printed, or partly written
and partly printed. There shall be attached to each paper of sig-
natures filed with a petition an affidavit of the person procuring
those signatures that the signatures were affixed in his presence
and that, based upon the person's best knowledge and belief, ev-
ery signature on the paper is genuine and bona fide and that the
signers are registered voters at the address set opposite or below
their names. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the
form of the petition, the manner for verifying its authenticity,
and other administrative procedures which facilitate the petition
process and which are not in conflict with this Article. The false
signing of any name, or the signing of any fictitious name to said
petition shall be forgery, and the making of any false affidavit in
connection with said petition shall be perjury.

ARTICLE XI-B. ¹⁸¹

CITY OF BALTIMORE—LAND DEVELOPMENT
AND REDEVELOPMENT.

SECTION 1. ¹⁸² The General Assembly of Maryland, by
public local law, may authorize and empower the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore:

(a) To acquire, within the boundary lines of Baltimore City,
land and property of every kind, and any right, interest, fran-
chise, easement or privilege therein, by purchase, lease, gift, con-
demnation or any other legal means, for development or redevel-
opment, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive
renovation or rehabilitation thereof; and

(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
of said land or property, regardless of whether or not it has been
developed, redeveloped, altered or improved and irrespective of
the manner or means in or by which it may have been acquired,
to any private, public or quasi public corporation, partnership,
association, person or other legal entity.

No land or property taken by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connec-
tion with the exercise of any of the powers which may be grant-
ed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this
Article by exercising the power of eminent domain, shall be tak-
en without just compensation, as agreed upon between the par-
ties, or awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the
party entitled to such compensation.

All land or property needed, or taken by the exercise of the
power of eminent domain, by the Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connec-
tion with the exercise of any of the powers which may be grant-
ed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this
Article is hereby declared to be needed or taken for a public use.

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SEC. 2. The General Assembly of Maryland may grant to

the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any and all additional
power and authority necessary or proper to carry into full force
and effect any and all of the specific powers which the General
Assembly is authorized to grant to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore pursuant to this Article and to fully accomplish
any and all of the purposes and objects contemplated by the pro-
visions of this Article, provided such additional power or au-
thority is not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this
Article or with any other provision or provisions of the Consti-
tution of Maryland. The General Assembly may place such oth-
er and further restrictions or limitations on the exercise of any
of the powers which it may grant to the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore under the provisions of this Article as it may
deem proper and expedient.

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SEC. 3. Vacant.

ARTICLE XI-C. ¹⁸⁵

OFF-STREET PARKING.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Maryland, by public
local law, may authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more:

(a) Within the City of Baltimore to acquire land and property
of every kind, and any right, interest, franchise, easement or
privilege therein, by purchase, lease, gift, condemnation or any
other legal means, for storing, parking and servicing self-pro-
pelled vehicles, provided, that no petroleum products shall be
sold or offered for sale at any entrance to or exit from, any land
so acquired or at any entrance to, or exit from, any structure er-
ected thereon, when any entrance to, or exit from, any such land
or structure faces on a street or highway which is more than 25
feet wide from curb to curb; and

(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
of said land or property, regardless of whether or not it has been
developed, redeveloped, altered, or improved and irrespective of
the manner or means in or by which it may have been acquired,
to any private, public or quasi public corporation, partnership,
association, person or other legal entity.

No land or property taken by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connec-
tion with the exercise of any of the powers which may be grant-
ed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this
Article by exercising the power of eminent domain, shall be tak-
en without just compensation, as agreed upon between the par-
ties, or awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the
party entitled to such compensation.

All land or property needed, or taken by the exercise of the
power of eminent domain, by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connec-
tion with the exercise of any of the powers which may be grant-
ed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this
Article is hereby declared to be needed or taken for a public use.

SEC. 2. The General Assembly of Maryland may grant to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any and all additional