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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 25-3 Condemnation.">
  <section prefix="§" num="25-3" heading="Condemnation.">
    <text>When resort shall be had to condemnation proceedings under this subheading,</text>
    <text>the procedure, so far as the acquisition by condemnation of any land or property or thing situated within the City of Baltimore, or any interest, franchise, easement, right or privilege therein is concerned, may, in any case, or cases, at the option of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, be such as may now, or at any time hereafter, be provided for by any lawful general ordinance, or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, adopted pursuant to the powers conferred upon it by &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter"&gt;the Charter of Baltimore City&lt;/cite&gt;, 1964 Revision, Article 2 “General Powers” Section 2 “Condemnation” for the condemnation of land or property or interest therein for the municipal needs of the City of Baltimore, or such as may be provided for the very purpose by any lawful special ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; which said lawful special ordinance or ordinances, the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is hereby duly authorized to adopt;</text>
    <text>provided, that, in every such special ordinance, provision is made for reasonable notice to the owner or owners, and for appeals to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, including the right of appeal to the Court of Special Appeals by any person interested, including the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, from the decision of the commissioners or other persons appointed to value any such land, property thing, or interest, franchise, easement, right or privilege therein;</text>
    <text>but so far as the acquisition by condemnation of any land, or property, or thing situated within Baltimore County, or within any other county of this State, or of any interest, franchise, easement, right, or privilege therein is concerned the procedure shall be that marked out by &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter"&gt;the Charter of Baltimore City&lt;/cite&gt;, 1964 Revision, Article 2 Section 45 “Water”.</text>
    <text>Nothing in this subheading is to be taken as depriving the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, of any powers of condemnation now vested in it by law not inconsistent with the provisions of &lt;cite data-path="25|§25-3"&gt;this section&lt;/cite&gt;.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">P.L.L., 1915, §826BB: 1927, §826D</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1930, §826D</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1938, §1040</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1949, §644</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1969, §25-3</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1908, ch. 214</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1986, ch. 345</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
