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acquire by condemnation said land by following the procedures set out in [Article
33A] TITLE 12 OF ARTICLE 21 of this Code.

162.

(b) Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by said county commissioners,
acting as a district council for any of said taxing and assessment districts, to take
or acquire any land, structures or buildings, as an easement, for the construction,
extension or maintenance of any erosion prevention works to prevent erosion by
Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, or by any other stream or body of water in this
State, in any of said taxing and assessment districts, it may purchase the same
from the owner or owners, or, failing to agree with the owner or owners thereof,
may condemn the same and any interest of any tenant, lessee or other person
therein, by proceedings in the circuit court for the county as [now] provided by
[Article 33A of the Annotated] TITLE 12 OF ARTICLE 21 OF THIS Code [of
Maryland]. At any time after ten days after the return and recordation of the
verdict or award in said proceedings, the [said] county commissioners, acting as
the district council for [such] THE taxing and assessment district, may enter and
take possession of the property so condemned, upon first paying to the clerk of the
court the amount of said award and all costs taxed to date notwithstanding any
appeal or further proceedings upon the part of the defendant or defendants; at the
time of [said] THE payment, however, it shall give its corporate undertaking,
acting as district council for the district proposed to be protected by said erosion
prevention works, to abide by and fulfill any judgment on appeal or on further
proceedings.

201.

[Should] IF the owner of any lands within the watershed association [refuse]
REFUSES to accept the damages awarded him by the board of watershed viewers
and approved by the board of county commissioners, and [refuse] REFUSES the
necessary access to his lands, [then and in such case] the board of watershed
directors may condemn rights-of-way, easements, and other property rights
necessary for carrying out the works of improvement, and the procedure shall be
as provided for in [Article 33A of the Annotated] TITLE 12 OF ARTICLE 21
OF THIS Code [of Maryland, title "Eminent Domain," and any amendments
thereto], and [such] THE damages las may be] awarded as compensation shall
be paid by the board of directors in lieu of the damages awarded by the watershed
viewers. Nothing in this subtitle [shall be construed to authorize] AUTHORIZES
the use of eminent domain proceedings to acquire the right to use water separate
and apart from the land to which it is incident.

[[Article 26.
150.

(b) The District Court [shall] IS [be] a court of record and shall have a seal,
and its final judgments and decrees shall be a lien upon real estate and all
leasehold interests and terms for years in land except leases from year to year and
leases for terms of not more than five years and not renewable in the county in
which the judgment is obtained or subsequently filed and recorded in accordance
with the provisions of Article 26, § 20 of [the Annotated] THIS Code [of
Maryland, 1957 Edition, as amended]. The court [shall have] HAS the same
power and authority to enforce and control its judgments and decrees as is vested
in any other court of record in the State of Maryland, but no judge shall issue any
blank execution. The sale of the defendant's interest in real or leasehold property
under any attachment of fieri [facies] FACIAS issued out of the District Court
[shall be] IS valid. The officer making the sale shall execute and deliver a deed for