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Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to purchase in lieu of condemnation, or to select and appropriate, certain lots or parcels of ground within the area bounded by Lehigh avenue, Twenty-eighth street, Oakdale street, and Twenty-ninth street, for public library purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Property is hereby authorized, for public library purposes, to purchase in lieu of condemnation, or if he is unable to agree with the owner or owners as to the price thereof, or if the owner or owners are absent, incapacitated, or unknown by reason of which no agreement can be made, then to select and appropriate those plots of ground within the area bounded by Lehigh avenue, Twenty-eighth street, Oakdale street, and Twenty-ninth street that are described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto together with any buildings or improvements that may be found thereon (the "Premises"), and to extinguish one (1) three foot (3') wide alley and to establish two (2) three foot (3') wide alleys that are described in Exhibit "A" ("Alley #1" and "Alley #2").
SECTION 2. The following provisions shall apply to the purchase in lieu of condemnation of the Premises;
(a) The City Solicitor is authorized to examine or cause to be examined title to the Premises.
(b) If title to the Premises is found to be good and marketable, the Commissioner of Public Property is authorized to enter into an agreement upon terms and in form satisfactory to the City Solicitor for the purchase in lieu of condemnation of the Premises. The Commissioner of Public Property is authorized to develop the Premises for public library purposes.
(c) The City shall obtain fee simple title.
SECTION 3. The following provisions shall apply to the selection and appropriation of the Premises:
(a) The City Solicitor is authorized and directed to prepare and file with...
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