If it shall become necessary to appropriate private property for the public uses or purposes specified in the preceding section, the right to occupy and hold the same and the ownership therein and thereto may be acquired by the city either in the manner and with like effect as provided by the general laws of this state relating to the taking of private property for public use in cities and villages, or by instituting and prosecuting the proceedings for that purpose as hereinafter set forth.
MCL 105.2