§ 20-1-107. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY—GENERALLY; CONDEMNATION; EXCEPTION AS TO PROPERTY OF BALTIMORE CITY.

The county is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to establish, construct, locate, maintain, operate, protect, preserve, repair, replace, extend, or enlarge any water supply, water supply system, water main, sewer, sewerage system, sewage disposal plant or field, reservoir, dam, water purification or filtration plant, tank or pumping station, and drains of any and every kind, nature, and description and all other facilities, appurtenances, and adjuncts that may be required for any of the purposes of this article. Whenever deemed necessary by the county in the exercise of any of the aforegoing power and authority, the county is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, exchange, or condemnation from any tenant, lessee, owner, occupier, or holder of any interest, any land, structures, or buildings, source of water supply, stream bed, waterway, water rights, watershed, franchises, water, sewerage or drainage systems, or parts thereof or other property, either in fee or as an easement, within or without the metropolitan district. The county is expressly prohibited from acquiring in any manner any public or private property of any type within the territorial limits of Baltimore City and is further expressly prohibited from the exercise of the power of condemnation against any existing or future facility or right of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or from in any manner impairing or interfering with any such facility or right.

(1988 Code, § 35-132) (Bill No. 126, § 2, 9-28-1990; Bill No. 30-03, § 1, 7-1-2004)

Annotation:
  In Hajewski v. County Commissioners of Baltimore County, 184 Md. 161, 40 A.2d 316 (1944), an attempted appeal from a condemnation proceeding under this provision was dismissed.