In any and all parts of any and all ordinances in force in the City of Baltimore, and any and all amendments thereto, which authorize any person to acquire property on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, any reference therein to such person and to his power to acquire property is hereby changed to a reference to:the Department of Real Estate in the Comptroller’s Office; and such other person and in such manner as the Board of Estimates, in the exercise of the power vested in it by <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="V|§5">Article V, § 5 of the City Charter</cite>, may hereafter from time to time designate. The said Department of Real Estate, and such person as the Board of Estimates may hereafter from time to time designate, is hereby authorized and empowered so to acquire such property. City Code, 1966, art. 1, §81(a) 1976/83, art. 1, §82(a) Ord. 59-055

Any acquisition of real property or an interest therein, and any and all negotiations for the purpose of acquiring real property or an interest therein made on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by such persons who shall have been designated by the aforesaid divers ordinances, or by the Department of Real Estate, or by the Board of Estimates in the exercise of the authority vested in it by § 39 of <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter">the Baltimore City Charter</cite> as aforesaid <em>{cf. Article V, §5(a) of <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter">the City Charter</cite> (1996 Edition)}</em>, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall be deemed to have been made by the persons designated in the aforesaid divers ordinances as the persons to negotiate for and acquire property on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, it being hereby declared to have been the legislative intent of said divers ordinances in purporting to designate the persons to negotiate for and acquire property on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to have named the persons designated by the Board of Estimates in the exercise of the powers vested in it by § 39 of <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter">the Baltimore City Charter</cite>, as aforesaid <em>{cf. Article V, §5(a)}</em>. City Code, 1966, art. 1, §81(b) 1976/83, art. 1, §82(b) Ord. 59-055

Nothing contained in this subtitle shall be construed to affect adversely the validity of any acquisition of property heretofore made, or to affect any pending or future acquisition of property by or on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, except as specifically provided in this subtitle. City Code, 1966, art. 1, §81(c) 1976/83, art. 1, §82(c) Ord. 59-055