§ 17-2. Negotiations confirmed.

Any acquisition of real property or an interest therein, and any and all negotiations for the purpose of acquiring real property or an interest therein made on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by such persons who shall have been designated by the aforesaid divers ordinances, or by the Department of Real Estate, or by the Board of Estimates in the exercise of the authority vested in it by § 39 of the Baltimore City Charter as aforesaid {cf. Article V, §5(a) of the City Charter (1996 Edition)}, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall be deemed to have been made by the persons designated in the aforesaid divers ordinances as the persons to negotiate for and acquire property on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, it being hereby declared to have been the legislative intent of said divers ordinances in purporting to designate the persons to negotiate for and acquire property on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to have named the persons designated by the Board of Estimates in the exercise of the powers vested in it by § 39 of the Baltimore City Charter, as aforesaid {cf. Article V, §5(a)}.