§ 56. Eminent domain.  


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  • Be it further enacted, that the mayor and councilmen of said city shall have full power and authority to contract for or to condemn any water rights, land, property or premises within or without the city for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a waterworks system, or sewerage system, for the purpose of laying out new streets and alleys, for the purpose of widening, straightening and grading or in any way changing the street lines and sidewalks of the city, or for any other public purpose deemed necessary by the city, provided that if the right to condemn herein granted be exercised, all proceedings shall be under the provisions of sections 36-301 to 36-307, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia of 1933 [O.C.G.A. §§ 22-1-8 through 22-2-21], and acts amendatory thereof.

(Ord. No. 03-02, § (a), 1-13-03)