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1922, ch. 96, sec. 84.

84. If the said Mayor and City Council of Cumberland cannot agree,
or if there be any incapacity or disability to contract with the owner or
owners of such land or real estate, which they may deem necessary or
proper for establishing or making of a public park in or near to the City
of Cumberland, in Allegany County; or if any such owner or owners shall
be absent out of the State, or unknown, or without legal capacity to con-
tract, by reason of infancy, coverture, or otherwise, it shall be lawful for
the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland to secure by condemnation
any such land or real estate, which thev may deem necessary or proper for
the purpose aforesaid, in the same manner and by the same proceedings
as is now provided for condemnation by corporations under Article 23,
Section 848,* etc., of the Code of Public General Laws of the State of
Maryland.

COUNTY PROPERTY.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 85.

85. The Mayor and City Council shall have the same power over the
public grounds on which are erected the county buildings as over other
parts of the city, and the ordinances of said city shall have force as
well in said grounds as in other parts of the city; but nothing in this
section shall interfere with the title of the County Commissioners to said
lots, or their control over the same.

MARKETS.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 86.

86. The said Mayor and City Council of Cumberland are hereby au-
thorized to buy, receive, have, hold, use and enjoy any real estate, land,
buildings, or other property for the purpose of conducting or establishing
a market within the limits of said city, should they deem such action
advisable; and they are further authorized to purchase, lease, acquire by
contract or otherwise, any market or any buildings or other property neces-
sary or useful for the establishment or maintenance of a market, to sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of said market or space or stalls in said market,
and to do everything necessary or useful in the conduct of said market.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 87.

87. For the purpose of carrying out the authority conferred by the
preceding section the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland are hereby
authorized to expend any amount they deem necessary; provided said
amount shall not in any event exceed the sum of $100,000.00. This au-
thority to supersede, only so far as markets are concerned, the provisions
of Section 1 of this Article restricting the purchasing power of said
Mayor and City Council to $10,000.00.

*Evidently sec. 331, etc.. of art. 23 (1924 ed.) intended.