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claims to said lot or any property right therein as against the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown.

1912, ch. 95, sec. 9.

456. Nothing in this act contained shall authorize the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown to take or use any property and property rights for
the purposes of this act without just compensation as agreed upon with the
owner or awarded by a jury, having been first paid or tendered to the
parties entitled thereto, or paid into Court after inquisition is confirmed,
as provided for in the preceding sections of this act.

1912, ch. 95, sec. 10.

457. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, for the purpose of paying
for any lot or property rights acquired under the terms of this act, are
authorized and empowered to use such sum or sums as may be necessary
therefor and to charge the same against the money or moneys levied by
the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown for the General Purpose Account;
and any money or moneys needed hereafter for the erection of any building
or buildings thereon shall be charged against the moneys levied for the
General Purpose Account of the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown.

1912, oh. 95, sec. 11.

458. In the event the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown shall not
have sufficient funds levied for the General Purpose Account and available
for the purposes of this act to pay the purchase money, then the said
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown are authorized and empowered, in addi-
tion to the levy now authorized by law to be made for general purposes,
to levy such additional sum upon the assessable property of Hagerstown,
not to exceed the sum of ten (10) cents on each one hundred dollars of
taxable property of Hagerstown for the annual levy following the date
of the purchase or condemnation of said realty; and for the year follow-
ing the determination by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown of the
extent and character of the improvements to be made upon said lot for its
use for municipal purposes, the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown may
make a second levy to provide sufficient funds to finish paying for im-
provements on said lot; nothing herein contained, however, shall author-
ize the Mayor and Council to issue any bond or bonds or borrow any money
upon the faith and credit of the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown under
any pretext whatsoever. And nothing herein contained shall require the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown to make any immediate use of said lot
or property after the same may be duly and legally acquired but the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown may hold said lot and property rights
until such future time as they may deem it necessary or advisable to
improve said lot, and the provisions herein contained including the
authority to make a special levy therefor, shall continue in full force and
effect until said date and time, unless this act is modified hereafter by
other acts of the General Assembly of Maryland.*

*Sec. 12, ch. 95, 1912, repealed all Acts inconsistent therewith.