If the County cannot agree with the owner of any land, building, or improvement required for any public purpose listed in Section 49-45, the County may condemn the land, building, or improvement, or any interest in them, for the use of the County under any applicable State law that authorizes condemnation by local governments.
The County need not accept the award or judgment rendered in any proceeding under this Section, but instead may abandon the project after paying any costs required by law. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 24-13; 1910, ch. 484, § 177Q; 1912, ch. 109, § 177Q; 1912, ch. 790, § 470; 1918, ch. 229, § 177Q; 1931, ch. 304; 1971 L.M.C., ch. 3, § 7; 2007 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 1.)
Editor’s note—The portion of the above Section which was former Sec. 49-47, is cited in Maryland- National Capital Park & Planning Commission v. Friendship Heights, 57 Md.App. 69, 468 A.2d 1353 (1984).