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AUTHORITY SHALL FIRST BE SUBMITTED TO AND BE AP-
PROVED PRIOR TO THE SALE THEREOF BY RESOLUTION OF
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

(4) (D) Make contracts and leases and execute all instruments
necessary or convenient, including contracts or leases with respect to
the construction, operation, maintenance, management, and use of the
facilities of the Market, parking facilities, concessions, stalls, or other
facilities, on such terms and for such of its corporate purposes as
the Authority deems advisable; all contracts for the construction
of the facilities of the Market shall be made only after the solicita-
tion of sealed bids. EXCEPT WHERE THE FACILITIES ARE TO
BE CONSTRUCTED ON LAND WHICH HAS BEEN EITHER
LEASED OR SOLD BY THE AUTHORITY TO A PRIVATE EN-
TITY OR ENTITIES.

(5) (E) Acquire in its own name, by purchase, on such terms and
conditions and in such manner as it deems proper, or by condemna-
tion and in accordance with and subject to the provisions of any and
all existing laws applicable to the condemnation of property for pub-
lic use, real property or rights or easements therein or thereover or
franchises or licenses convenient for its corporate purposes; and use
the property so long as its corporate existence continues; and lease
or make contracts with respect to the use of the property or dispose
thereof in any manner it deems to the best advantage of the Market;
but the Authority is under no obligation to accept and pay for any
property, rights, or easements acquired under this subtitle except
from the funds provided under the authority of this subtitle. In any
proceedings to condemn, such orders may be made by the Court
having jurisdiction of the suit, action or proceedings as may be just
to the authority and to the owners of the property to be condemned;
and if the Authority deems it expedient to establish or construct the
Market on any lands, streets, alleys, or public places, the title to
which shall then be in any political subdivision in the Greater Balti-
more Region, the subdivision, through its proper officials, may either
lease to the Authority under such terms as may be mutually accept-
able or may convey title to such lands, streets, alleys, or public places
to the Authority upon payment to the political subdivision of the
reasonable value of the lands, the value to be determined by the
Authority and by the proper officials of the political subdivision in-
volved; the payment to be in cash or in bonds of the Authority at par;
provided that the political subdivision of the Greater Baltimore
Region, as hereinabove defined, upon the approval of the Board of
Estimates, in the case of the City of Baltimore, or of the County
Commissioners or other officials proper under the circumstances, may
lease or convey without consideration to the Authority any real or
personal property owned by it and suitable for use by the Authority
for the purposes set out in this subtitle; and provided further that all
public utility facilities, whether publicly or privately owned or oper-
ated, occupying such lands, streets, alleys, or public places, first have
been removed or relocated at the Authority's expense; and provided
further that the powers herein contained and conferred in this sub-
section shall not be exercised nor applicable to the acquisition of any
site for the establishment or construction of the Market, nor shall the
Market be established or constructed unless the site therefor shall
have been first approved, in the case of the City of Baltimore, by the
Board of Estimates, or in the case of any other political subdivision