J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1589

or expenses. The County Commissioners shall provide the Commis-
sion with funds in the aggregate not to exceed the sum of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) during the life of the Commission, which the Com-
mission may expend as necessary, and only with the approval of the
County Commissioners, to carry out the purposes of this section. Out
of this sum the County Commissioners shall provide such clerical
assistance as may be necessary.

(c) The Commission shall have the duty of planning and executing
suitable commemoration of the role of Charles County in the Ameri-
can Civil War. The Commission shall provide or establish appropriate
markers, and memorials for the commemoration of persons and events.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved May 3, 1961.

CHAPTER 877
(House Bill 883)

AN ACT to add new Sections 174A to 174N, inclusive, to the Code
of Public Local Laws of Howard County (1957 Edition, being
Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Howard County", to follow immediately after Section 174 thereof,
and to be under the new sub-title "Redevelopment—Urban Re-
newal"; so as to authorize and empower the County Commissioners
for Howard County to carry out Urban Renewal Projects, involv-
ing the condemnation, acquisition, clearance, redevelopment and
rehabilitation, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT of slum or blighted
areas; to authorize, sell and issue general obligation bonds, and
pledge the full faith and credit of Howard County to retire said
bonds; or to issue revenue bonds, pledged solely on the revenue of
said Urban Renewal Project; to create, appoint and vest juris-
diction in an agency, commission, or body to carry out Urban
Renewal Projects, to apply for and accept from the United States
of America or other sources, gifts, loans, grants or aid in carrying
out said Urban Renewal Projects, to relocate families or businesses
displaced by said projects, to sell, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose
of property acquired for said projects to private parties for de-
velopment or redevelopment.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 174A to 174N, inclusive, be and they are hereby
added to the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County (1957
Edition, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Howard County", to follow immediately after Section
174 thereof, and to be under the new sub-title "Redevelopment—Ur-
ban Renewal", to read as follows:

Redevelopment—Urban Renewal
174A. Short Title.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Urban Renewal
Law.