J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            1227

28.    Title To Property Acquired.

Title to the lands acquired under Sub-section 1 (a) of said Public
Act No. 284, 71st Congress, as amended, shall vest in the United
States, as provided in that Act. The title to any other land or prop-
erty acquired shall not be placed in or granted to the United States
or in or to any person, corporation, or political community other
than the Metropolitan District itself or the State of Maryland, with-
out the approval of the General Assembly of Maryland; nor shall
the control, maintenance, operation, or policing of any such other
park, parkway, forest, street, road, boulevard, or other public way,
ground, or space within the Metropolitan District be placed in or
surrendered to the United States or to any other person, corpora-
tion, or political community, other than the Commission itself, with-
out the approval of the General Assembly of Maryland.

29.    Additional Power To Acquire Lands Located Outside Metropoli-
tan District.

The Commission is authorized to acquire lands for park purposes
outside the Metropolitan District in Montgomery County and in
Prince George's County, but within the Maryland-Washington Re-
gional District in those counties, if the Commission finds within the
exercise of its discretion that such acquisitions are necessary to pre-
serve any portion of the Commission's regional park plan in Mont-
gomery County and in Prince George's County, respectively, which
is a part of the Commission's general plan for the physical develop-
ment of the Maryland-Washington Regional District. The Commis-
sion is authorized to expend any funds which under the provisions
of the Metropolitan District are authorized to be expended for park
acquisitions in said counties respectively within the Metropolitan
District for the purchase of lands authorized by this section to be
acquired by the Commission within the Maryland-Washington Re-
gional District.

30.    Right of Condemnation in Acquiring Property.

Whenever it is deemed necessary by the Commission to take or
acquire any lands, water rights, structures, or buildings, either in
fee or as an easement for parks, parkways, forests, roads, streets,
boulevards, or highways, ground or spaces, or for the purposes of
recreation, the Commission may purchase the same from the owner
or owners; or, failing to agree with the owner or owners thereof,
may condemn the same by proceedings in the Circuit Court for the
county in which the land, water rights, structures, or buildings are
located. The procedure shall be that applying to the condemnation
of land by public service corporations in Article 33A of the Public
General Laws of Maryland. At the same time the Commission may
condemn the interest of any tenant, lessee, or other person having an
interest in the land or other property. At any time after ten days
after the return and recordation of the verdict or award in the pro-
ceedings, the Commission may enter and take possession of the
property so condemned, upon first paying to the clerk of the court
the amount of the award and all costs taxed to date, notwithstand-
ing any appeal or further proceedings on the part of the defendant.
At the time of this payment, however, the Commission shall give its