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440.08 ACQUIRING PROPERTY AND EASEMENTS FOR STREETS, HIGHWAYS.
Each city of the first class in this state, acting through its council, in addition to all other
powers possessed by the city, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift,
devise, or condemnation any lands or property and any rights and easements therein which may
be needed or required by the city for public street and highway uses or purposes; including
among others easements for public streets and highways and bridges and approaches thereto, with
necessary supports and abutments therefor, within its corporate boundaries notwithstanding the
fact that the property so needed or required has been acquired by the owner under the power of
eminent domain or is already devoted to a public use.
History: (1538-1) 1927 c 114 s 1
Each city of the first class in this state, acting through its council, in addition to all other
powers possessed by the city, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift,
devise, or condemnation any lands or property and any rights and easements therein which may
be needed or required by the city for public street and highway uses or purposes; including
among others easements for public streets and highways and bridges and approaches thereto, with
necessary supports and abutments therefor, within its corporate boundaries notwithstanding the
fact that the property so needed or required has been acquired by the owner under the power of
eminent domain or is already devoted to a public use.
History: (1538-1) 1927 c 114 s 1
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