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poses any property suitable therefor that is now or may at any time here-
after be owned or controlled by such city, village, or town.

1929, ch. 219. sec. 15.

28. The Board of County Commissioners of any county in this State
is hereby authorized to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease,
equip, improve, maintain, operate, and regulate airports or landing fields
for the use of airplanes and other aircraft within the limits of such coun-
ties, and may use for such purpose or purposes any property suitable there-
for that is now or may at any time hereafter be owned or controlled by
. such county.

1929, ch. 219. sec. 16.

29. Any lands acquired, owned, controlled, or occupied by such cities,
villages, towns, or counties for the purposes enumerated in Sections 27
and 28 hereof shall and are hereby declared to be acquired, owned, con-
trolled, and occupied for a public purpose and as a matter of public neces-
sity, and such cities, villages, towns, or counties shall have the right to
acquire property for such purpose or purposes under the power of eminent
domain as and for a public necessity.

1929, ch. 219, sec. 17.

30. Private property needed by a city, village, town, or county for an
airport or landing field shall be acquired by purchase if the city, village,
town, or county is able to agree with the owners on the terms thereof, and
otherwise by condemnation, in the manner provided by law under which
the city, village, town, or county is authorized to acquire real property for
public purposes, other than street purposes, or, if there be no such law,
in the manner provided for and subject to the provisions of the condemna-
tion law.

See art. 33A.

1929, ch. 219, sec. 18.

31. The local legislative body of a city, village, or town, and the Board
of County Commissioners of any county which has established an airport
or landing field and acquired, leased, or set apart real property for such
purposes may construct, improve, equip, maintain, and operate the same,
or may vest jurisdiction for the construction, improvement, maintenance,
and operation thereof, in any suitable officer, board, or body of such city,
village, town, or county, or may lease the same to any person or corpora-
tion on such terms and conditions as it may deem proper. The expenses
of such construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation
shall be a city, village, town, or county charge as the case may be. The
local legislative body of a city, village, or town, and the County Commis-
sioners of any county may adopt regulations and establish fees or charges
for the use of such airports or landing field, or may authorize an officer,