The Department of Recreation and Parks is hereby authorized and directed to assume and hereafter exercise, exclusively, control of the property formerly known as Mt. Holly Inn, and all lands adjacent thereto, and all appurtenances thereto, which property was conveyed by Winfield S. Cahill and wife to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore on July 27, 1939, said property to be hereafter used for park purposes. City Code, 1950, art. 30, §1 1966, art. 21, §1 1976/83, art. 21, §1 Ord. 40-121