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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

held for park purposes in the city of Cumberland, or adjacent
thereto, in Allegany county, Maryland.

78 H. That if the said Mayor and City Council of Cumber-
land cannot agree, or if there be any incapacity or disability to

Power of con-
demnation

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 iState, or unknown, or without legal capacity
to contract, 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 lands or real estate, which
they may deem necessary or proper for the purpose aforesaid,
in the same manner and by the same proceedings as is now pro-
vided for condemnation by corporations under Article twenty-
three, section 848, etc., of the Code of Public General Laws of
the State of Maryland.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And may it be further enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage

Approved April 2, 1896.

CHAPTER 221.

AN ACT to amend the Charter of the Farmers' Market
Company of Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Farmers' Market Company of Baltimore City,

May erect
market
house.

a corporation incorporated under the General Laws of the State
of Maryland, shall have the power and authority to erect,
maintain and manage a public market house in the city of
Baltimore, for the accommodation and use of any parties who
may be desirous of renting and occupying the same, or any
portions thereof, for the sale and vending of meats, vegetables
and all other kinds of victuals and provisions whatever, under
such rules and regulations as the stockholders or the board of
directors may determine.

Not to pro-
hibit sale of
beef, etc.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That no rule or regulation
shall be made which will prohibit persons renting stalls in
said market, who may send or carry the produce of their farms
to market, from selling or exposing for sale, in such quanti-
ties as they may desire, beef, mutton, veal, pork and poultry