Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 53351. Power to take property for town hall, hose-house, lockup, and other public buildings;  ordinance;  damages

From and after the passage of this act, all boroughs, incorporated towns, and all townships shall have the power to acquire, enter upon, take, use, and appropriate private property, and also land heretofore granted or dedicated to a public use which is no longer used for the purpose for which the same was granted or dedicated, for the erection thereon of town hall, hose-house, lockup, and such other public buildings as are necessary for public and municipal purposes within the corporate limits of such municipality, whenever the council or board of commissioners or township supervisors thereof shall by ordinance determine thereon;  the compensation and damages arising from such taking, using, and appropriating of private property, for the purposes aforesaid, shall be considered, ascertained, determined, awarded, and paid in the manner hereinafter provided:  Provided, That no land or property belonging to or used for any cemetery, burying-ground, or place of public worship shall be taken or appropriated in any manner, under and by virtue of the provisions of this act.