1860 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 623

areas, shall be paid into a special fund in the State Treas-
ury known as the Forest [Reserve] or Park Reserve Fund;
out of said Funds there shall be paid each year to the
County Commissioners of each County in which shall be
located any part of the State Forests or Parks reserves
fifteen per cent of the revenue derived from such part of
the State [forest] reserves as is located in that county.
The balance of said fund shall not revert to the General
Treasury, but shall be dedicated to the purposes of opera-
tion and development of State Parks, scenic preserves,
parkways, historic monuments and recreation areas, State
Forests, forest protection, management, replacement and
other purposes of the Department.

28. The Department of [State] Forests and Parks
shall, in addition to the powers heretofore granted it, have
the power to be exercised within its discretion, to acquire
by purchase lands between the [town of Relay (or Elk-
ridge Landing) and a point 10 miles above that town, ]
mud flats at Brooklyn and the Liberty Reservoir on either
side of the Patapsco River, in Anne Arundel, Carroll, How-
ard and Baltimore Counties, within a distance of one
[-half] mile on either side from the medial^ line of said
River, or either of its branches, at such prices as they may
determine it to be worth, [within the appropriation here-
under made, the same to be paid for out of the funds ap-
propriated by the Act of 1912, Chapter 749, ] to be held
by the State as a State [Forest Reserve] Park under the
protection and administration of the Department of
£State] Forests and Parks, which shall exercise the same
power in the matter of making rules and regulations in
the management thereof as other State [forest reserves]
parks are now subject to or may hereafter be subject to.
The territory which may be acquired hereunder shall be
subject to all the general laws heretofore passed by the
Legislature of the State not inconsistent herewith, but
acts inconsistent with the provisions of the Act of 1912,
Chapter 749, are hereby repealed.

30. The Department of [State] Forests and Parks
shall have the right and power to condemn lands, earth,
gravel, stone, timber or materials, or any improvements
in the name of the State, under Article 33A, title "Emi-
nent Domain, " of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland as passed in Chapter 117 of the Acts of 1912
when such action is necessary for carrying out the pur-
pose of any Legislative Act, or for advancing the aims of
forestry, parks or recreation, and the work of the Depart-