Section 161. Title may be acquired by condemnation  


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  • 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.