The Board of Park Commissioners shall have power to acquire by purchase, lease or by exercising eminent domain such land as it shall determine to be necessary or incidental to the construction, operation and maintenance of a system of public parks, parkways, playgrounds, athletic fields, stadiums, swimming pools, skating rinks and other like public recreational facilities. It shall keep a full and complete record of all personal property and all real estate owned, leased or operated by the Board.
(1969 Code §2-95)