§ 177. Acquisition of real property for armories and other military\nfacilities of the state. 1. The adjutant general, provided that funds\nhave been appropriated or provided by the state or by the United States\nor by both for such purposes, is authorized to acquire by purchase or\ngifts or, pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure\nlaw, any real property which he may deem necessary for the purposes of\narmories, camps, ranges, bases, or facilities for the use of the\norganized militia, the title to all such property to be taken in the\nname of and be vested in the people of the state; provided, however,\nthat no such property shall be acquired by purchase or gift unless the\ntitle thereto shall be approved by the attorney general.\n 2. Whenever real property is to be acquired pursuant to the\nprovisions of the eminent domain procedure law, the adjutant general\nshall cause to be made by the state department of transportation an\naccurate acquisition map prepared from an accurate survey, of the\nproperty to be so acquired or in or to which any easement is to be\nacquired and, in the case of an easement, specifying the particular\nnature and the duration thereof. The adjutant general and the state\ncommissioner of transportation and their respective duly authorized\nagents and employees may enter upon such real property or, when\nnecessary, upon any adjacent real property for the purpose of making\nsuch survey.\n 3. On the approval of such map by the adjutant general, the original\ntracing of such map shall be filed in the main office of the division of\nmilitary and naval affairs, pursuant to the provisions of the eminent\ndomain procedure law.\n 4. If the adjutant general shall determine, prior to the filing of\nsuch map in the office of the clerk or register of the county, that\nchanges, alterations or modifications of such map as filed in the office\nof the division should be made, he or she shall, subject to the\nprovisions of article two of the eminent domain procedure law, if\napplicable, direct the preparation by the department of transportation\nof an amended map. On the approval of such amended map by the adjutant\ngeneral, it shall be filed in the main office of the division and the\namended map shall thereupon in all respects and for all purposes\nsupersede the map previously filed.\n 5. If the adjutant general shall determine prior to the filing of a\ncopy of such acquisition map in the office of the county clerk or\nregister as provided in section four hundred two of the eminent domain\nprocedure law, that such map should be withdrawn, he or she may file a\ncertificate of withdrawal in the offices of the division and of the\ndepartment of law. Upon the filing of such certificate of withdrawal,\nthe map to which it refers shall be cancelled and all rights thereunder\nshall cease and determine.\n 6. The adjutant general shall deliver to the attorney general a copy\nof such acquisition map, whereupon it shall be the duty of the attorney\ngeneral to advise and certify to the adjutant general the names of the\nowners of the property, easements, interest or rights described in the\nsaid acquisition map, including the owners of any right, title or\ninterest therein, pursuant to the requirements of section four hundred\nthree of the eminent domain procedure law.\n 7. If, at or after the vesting of title to such property in the people\nof the state of New York as provided for in the eminent domain procedure\nlaw, the adjutant general shall deem it necessary to cause the removal\nof an owner or occupant from any real property so acquired, he may cause\nsuch owner or occupant to be removed therefrom by proceeding in\naccordance with section four hundred five of the eminent domain\nprocedure law. The proceeding shall be brought in the name of the\nadjutant general as agent of the state and the attorney general shall\nrepresent the petitioner in the proceedings. No execution shall issue\nfor c
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