Upon the passage of such ordinance the director of law shall make application to the court of common pleas or to a judge thereof in vacation, or to the probate court which application shall describe as correctly as possible the land or other property to be appropriated, the interest or estate therein to be taken, the object for which the land is desired, and the name of the owner of each lot or parcel thereof, and all the subsequent proceedings with regard thereto shall be in the manner provided by general law for the appropriation of property by municipal corporations in this state.