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CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

stock, and may for that purpose, purchase in the
name and on behalf of the state, such additional ex-
tent of grounds as the public wants may, in his judg-
ment, require ; and may, if he deems it expedient,
sell or exchange for the benefit of the state, such
portions of the ground now belonging to the state,
and purchase for said purpose; provided, that no

How purchases
shall De made.

such sale or purchase shall be valid or effectual,
unless and until the same shall have been approved
by the governor and comptroller, nor shall the pur-
chase money, in case of such purchase, or any part
thereof, be paid until the governor and comptroller
shall be satisfied as to the sufficiency of the title or
titles of the vendor or vendors, and shall sign a cer-
tificate to that effect, to be filed in the office of the
comptroller ; and in case of any such purchase, the
purchase money therefor, shall be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
upon the execution and delivery of a conveyance
therefor; and in case of such sale the purchase
money therefore shall be paid to the comptroller:
and upon such payment the comptroller, on behalf
of the state, shall, in the name of the state, execute
and deliver a deed therefor to the purchaser or pur-
chasers thereof.

Proceedings in
cases of tort,
trespass, &c.

476. In case any tort, trespass, or other wrong
shall be done by any person or persons, whatever,
to any of the property belonging to the state, and
composing parcel of, or appertaining to said state
cattle scales, it shall be the duty of the weighmaster
to sue for the same in the name of the state, as plain-
tiff, in the superior court of Baltimore city, or in the
court of common pleas of Baltimore city, or before
any justice of the peace of Baltimore, as the case
may be ; and no plea shall be received on behalf of
any defendant to the jurisdiction of said court, either
on the ground that the locality of the tort, trespass,
or other wrong was in Baltimore county, or that the
residence of said defendant was in some part of the
state, other than Baltimore city.