§ 20. Grant of specific powers. Subject to the constitution and\ngeneral laws of this state, every city is empowered:\n 1. To contract and be contracted with and to institute, maintain and\ndefend any action or proceeding in any court.\n 2. To take, purchase, hold and lease real and personal property within\nand without the limits of the city; to acquire pursuant to the\nprovisions of the eminent domain procedure law, real property within or\nwithout the limits of the city for the construction, maintenance and\noperation of a sewage disposal plant, together with necessary rights of\nway for extending its sewage system to, and connecting the same with\nsuch disposal plant, to acquire or purchase real property and/or\npersonal property within or without the limits of the city necessary for\nthe construction, maintenance and operation of a water supply system for\nsuch city together with necessary rights of way for extending its water\nsupply system to and connecting the same with a source or sources of\nwater supply; to acquire by purchase, if the city is able to agree with\nthe owners on the terms thereof, and otherwise in the manner provided by\nthe eminent domain procedure law, real property within or without the\nlimits of the city for the construction, maintenance and operation of\ndrainage channels and structures for the purpose of flood control, when\nplans for such purpose have been approved by the state department of\nenvironmental conservation, together with necessary rights of way for\nextending such channels and structures; and also to acquire real and\npersonal property within the limits of the city, for any public or\nmunicipal purpose, and to sell and convey the same, but the rights of a\ncity in and to its water front, ferries, bridges, wharf property, land\nunder water, public landings, wharves, docks, streets, avenues, parks,\nand all other public places, are hereby declared to be inalienable,\nexcept in the cases provided for by subdivision seven of this section.\n Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general, special or local,\ncities with a population of one million or more inhabitants shall have\nthe additional power to acquire any property and the franchises of any\nperson, firm or corporation situated within such city, used and usable\nin the operation of omnibus lines which are entirely within and do not\nextend beyond the boundaries of such city, the immediate acquisition of\nwhich property and franchises is determined by the board of estimate or\nother appropriate governing body of such city to be necessary to serve\nthe public convenience through the provision of adequate omnibus\ntransportation, notwithstanding the fact that such property and\nfranchises were or are devoted to a public use. The term "property" as\nused in this subdivision is defined to include lands, waters, rights in\nlands or waters, structures, franchises and interests in land, including\nlands under water and riparian rights, and any and all other things and\nrights usually included within the said term and includes also any and\nall interests in such property less than full title, such as easements\npermanent or temporary, right-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all\nother incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right\nlegal or equitable, and omnibuses, rolling stock and any other form of\nreal or personal property. Acquisition of such property shall be in\naccordance with the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.\n Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law to\nthe contrary, such city may authorize, issue and sell obligations,\npursuant to the local finance law, to pay for the cost of any\nacquisition or acquisitions of such property used and usable in the\noperation of omnibus lines provided, however, that no such obligations\nshall be authorized, issued, sold or refunded after September thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred sixty-three, except, however, that such obligatio
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