Sec. 7.
If it shall be necessary in the judgment of the council to appropriate private property either within or without the city for the construction and maintenance or for the due operation of lighting works, the right to occupy and hold the same and the ownership therein and thereto may be acquired by the city in the manner and with like effect as provided in this act for the taking of private property for public use.
History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 3264 ;-- CL 1915, 3182 ;-- CL 1929, 2106 ;-- CL 1948, 107.7