161 - Title may be acquired by condemnation.

§  161.  Title  may  be acquired by condemnation.   If the said common  council or board of trustees shall be unable to agree with the owner  of  such lands for the purchase thereof, the said common council or board of  trustees  may  proceed  to  acquire  the  title  thereto  in  the manner  prescribed by the condemnation law. The amount paid for such  lands,  by  such  common  council  or  board  of  trustees as aforesaid, and all the  expenses attending the same, with the expenses of fencing and  improving  the  same, shall be assessed and collected by a general tax upon all the  taxable property of such city or village, in the same  manner  as  other  city or village taxes are assessed and collected.