784 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

slaughter houses within the corporate limits of said city, shall
become effective, the duly qualified voters of the city of Fred-
erick shall determine by a majority of their votes duly cast,
whether the keeping of swine, hogs and pigs shall be prohibited
within the corporate limits of Frederick city, and whether
slaughter houses shall be prohibited within the corporate
limits of said city. And the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick
are hereby authorized to prepare an ordinance and submit the
same to the qualified voters of the city of Frederick, at any gen-
eral or special election that may be hereafter held in said city,
who, at said election, shall determine by a majority of the votes
duly cast, whether the keeping of swine, hogs and pigs shall be
permitted or prohibited within the corporate limits of Fred-
erick city, and the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick are here-
by authorized to prepare an ordinance and submit the same to
the qualified voters of the city of Frederick, at any general or
special election that may be hereafter held in said city, who, at
said election, shall determine by a majority of the votes duly
cast, whether slaughter houses shall be permitted or prohibited
within the corporate limits of said city. And the Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick are hereby authorized and empowered
to pass all laws and ordinances which may be necessary or
proper for the purpose of carrying out the powers hereby con-
ferred. And be it further enacted, that the provisions of this
section giving the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick the power
to prohibit the keeping of swine, hogs and pigs within the cor-
porate limits of Frederick city, and to prohibit slaughter houses
within the corporate limits of said city under certain condi-
tions, shall in no way repeal or modify, abrogate or impair any
authority which said city now has relating to hog pens and
slaughter houses under sections 190 and 196 of article 11 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, and section 270A of
chapter 77 of the Acts of Assembly of 1894.

SEC. 270G. The Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to
acquire by purchase or condemnation any land or property, or
any interest therein which it may require for any public or
municipal purpose, and may provide such methods of con-
demnation of any land or property or interest therein, situated
within or without the city of Frederick, as they may deem
proper, under such procedure as it may adopt; it shall pro-
vide for reasonable notice to the owner or owners and for ap-
peals to the Circuit Court for Frederick county by any person
interested, including the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick,
from the decision of any jury, commissioners or other persons
appointed to value any such land or property, or interest