Ch. 311

LAWS OF MARYLAND

the use of the property or dispose thereof in any manner it deems
to the best advantage of the market and the park; 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 or the park on any
lands, streets, alleys, or public places, the title to which
shall then be in any political subdivision in the Greater
Baltimore Region or in Worcester County or any political
subdivision located within Worcester County, the subdivision,
through its proper officials, may either lease to the Authority
under such terms as may be mutually acceptable 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 involved; the payment to be in cash or in bonds of
the Authority at par; provided that the political subdivision of
the Greater Baltimore Region or the political subdivision of
Worcester County, 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 operated,
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 subsection shall not be exercised nor applicable to the
acquisition of any site for the establishment or construction of
the market or the park, nor shall the market or the park 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 within the Greater Baltimore Region or Worcester
County, the county commissioners or county executive as the case
may be;

(6) Sell or lease, or otherwise transfer or convey in
any manner deemed appropriate by the Authority, any land or
property now or hereafter owned by it to carry out the purposes
of this subtitle; but if any such land or, property is sold to any
legal entity for any such purpose, the purchaser of the land or
property shall pay to the Authority or the State an amount of
money at least equal to the full appraised value of the land or
property, and if any such land or property is, leased by the
Authority to any legal entity for any of the purposes

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