ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 75. The mayor, counsellor and aldermen of the

city of Annapolis, shall be authorized and empowered,

in their discretion, to acquire by purchase, condemna-

tion, gift or grant, for the purposes of a public cem-

etery or cemeteries for said city, so much land either

Acquire land

within or without the limits of said city as they may

for cemetery.

consider necessary; and also to make such ordinances,

by-laws, rules or regulations relative to the same, and

to public cemeteries belonging to said city, or within

its limits, as may by them be deemed right and proper.

SEC. 76. If the said mayor, counsellor and aldermen

of the city of Annapolis cannot agree with the owner

If unable to

or owners of the land so sought to be acquired for the

agree.

purposes aforesaid, for the purchase of the same, the

said mayor, counsellor and aldermen shall be author-

ized to proceed to condemn said land for the purposes

aforesaid, in manner as provided by sections one hun-

dred and seventy, one hundred and seventy-one, one

hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and seventy-

three, one hundred and seventy-four and one hundred

and seventy-five of chapter four hundred and seventy-

one, of the acts passed by the general assembly of

Maryland at the January session, eighteen hundred

and sixty-eight, and all the rights, powers and privi-

Rights con-
ferred.

leges conferred by said sections upon the corporation

therein mentioned, shall be deemed applicable to and

vested in said mayor, counsellor and aldermen for the

purposes of this act.

SEC. 77. The said mayor, counsellor and aldermen

shall be authorized to open roads, ways or streets to

said cemetery or cemeteries, and to condemn property

for that purpose under the powers conferred by the

preceding sections of this act, or to acquire title to the

Open roads and

land necessary for that purpose by purchase, gift or

condemn prop-
erty.

grant, as provided by said sections; and they shall

furthermore be authorized to erect or construct bridges

over the navigable waters of College creek or of Spa

creek, on either side of said city, for convenience of

access to such cemetery or cemeteries.

SEC. 78. The said mayor, counsellor and aldermen

shall be authorized to lay off into burial lots the land

acquired by them under this act, and to lease, sell and

convey said lots as they may deem right and proper.

They shall be authorized to make all such rules and

Rales and reg-
ulations.

regulations relative to the maintenance and use of such

roads and bridges as may be constructed by them