§ 2-12. Dissolution of Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency.

(a) Agency dissolved.

The Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency, established under Ordinance No. 692 of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, approved December 31, 1956, is hereby dissolved.

(b) Powers, etc., devolve to Department.

The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby authorized and directed, in the place and stead of the Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency, to:

(1) exercise and perform all the powers, duties, functions and discretions that heretofore have been vested in the Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency under the terms and provisions of any and all laws or ordinances or any and all contracts, agreements, or other legal instruments which heretofore may have been entered into by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; and

(2) exercise and perform all of the powers, duties, and functions which the Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency heretofore exercised or performed or was authorized to exercise or perform in connection with the issuance of certificates of indebtedness of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the expenditure of the proceeds derived from the sale of said certificates of indebtedness authorized to be issued under the terms and provisions of Chapter 42 of the Laws of Maryland of 1947, and ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore — No. 335, approved July 2, 1948; No. 1101, approved June 4, 1954; No. 1596, approved July 10, 1958; No. 271, approved June 18, 1964; No. 853, approved June 29, 1966; and No. 1072, approved June 29, 1967 — or any other law.

All future proceedings and actions relating to pending matters concerning those areas of the City of Baltimore heretofore approved by ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore as "Renewal Areas" shall be governed by the applicable provisions of this ordinance {subtitle}.

(d) Savings clause.

Nothing contained in this ordinance {subtitle} shall be taken or construed directly or indirectly to repeal, amend, alter, modify, or affect in any manner or to any extent, except in the manner and to the extent specifically and definitely set forth in this ordinance {subtitle}:

(1) any of the certificates of indebtedness that heretofore have been issued by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore under the provisions of Chapter 42 of the Laws of Maryland of 1947, and ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore — No. 335, approved July 2, 1948; No. 1101, approved June 4, 1954; No. 1596, approved July 10, 1958; No. 271, approved June 18, 1964; No. 853, approved June 29, 1966; and No. 1072, approved June 29, 1967— or any other law;

(2) the power and authority of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to issue and sell the balance of the unissued certificates of indebtedness of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore heretofore authorized and approved to be issued by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore under the provisions of the aforesaid Chapter of the Laws of Maryland and ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or any other law;

(3) any act or thing or any contract, deed, lease, agreement, or other legal instrument heretofore done, made, or entered into by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the Commissioners of Finance or the Board of Estimates of said municipality, or the Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Commission, or any of them, or any combination of 2 or more of them under the provisions of any of the Laws of Maryland or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including but not limited to Ordinances — No. 335, approved July 2, 1948; No. 1101, approved June 4, 1954; No. 1596, approved July 10, 1958; No. 271, approved June 18, 1964; No. 853, approved July 29, 1966; and No. 1072, approved June 29, 1967, or any other law, or in connection with any of the matters or things mentioned in or contemplated by any of the Laws of Maryland or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including but not limited to the aforesaid ordinances, or any other law; or

(4) any of the powers, duties, or functions of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the Commissioners of Finance, or the Board of Estimates of said municipality, or any of them, or any combination of 2 or more of them, under the provisions of any of the Laws of Maryland or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including but not limited to Ordinances — No. 335, approved July 2, 1948; No. 1101, approved June 4, 1954; No. 1596, approved July 10, 1958; No. 271, approved June 18, 1964; No. 853, approved June 29, 1966; and No. 1072, approved June 29, 1967, or any other law, or in connection with any of the matters or things mentioned in or contemplated by any of the Laws of Maryland or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including but not limited to the aforementioned ordinances.