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otherwise lawfully obtain the use of all such machinery, tools,
implements, appliances, supplies, materials and working age'n-
cies as it may need for its purposes; provided, however, that
this enumeration of special powers shall not be construed as
restricting in any degree the scope of the general powers here-
inbefore conferred upon said commission.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, acting by and through the agency of said
commission, may acquire by gift, purchase or other like method
of acquisition, or by arbitration, or by condemnation, any pri-
vate property, rights or interest, individual railway or other
corporate franchises or easements that may exist in any part or
parts of any of the beds of any of the public lanes, alleys,
avenues, street, or highways hereinbefore mentioned; and that
said commission may require for the purpose of giving full
effect to the objects of this Act, and when and so often as
resort shall be had to condemnation proceedings, the procedure
shall be such as may now or at any time hereafter be provided
for by any lawful ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, adopted pursuant to the powers
conferred upon it by section 6, article 4 (entitled "City of Bal-
timore") of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"General Powers," sub-title "Condemnation of Property," for
the condemnation of any land or property or interest therein
situated wholly or partly within the city of Baltimore, or
such as may be provided for the very purpose by any lawful
ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore, which said ordinance or ordinances the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore is hereby fully authorized to adopt; pro-
vided, provision is made therein for reasonable notice to the
owner or owenrs, and for appeals to the Baltimore City Court,
including the right of appeal to the Court of Appeals by any
person interested, including the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, from the decision of any commissioners or other
persons appointed to value any such private property, rights or
interests, individual, railway or other corporate franchises or
easements.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in order to provide
money for the work to be done by said commission under this
Act, as and when portions of such work are from time to time
being done, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is hereby
authorized to issue the stock of said corporation to an amount
not exceeding $5,000,000, said stock to be issued from time to
time and in such amounts as the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall by ordinance prescribe; provided, however, that
not more than $1,000,000 of said stock shall be issued in any