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Award, if for
benefits, shall
be a tax and
lien upon
property
assessed.
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record, or cause to be recorded, such road as a public road of
Baltimore County, and the award, if for damages, shall be
paid by the County Commissioners to the person or persons,
or body corporate entitled to receive the same, within ninety
days from the ratification of said award and report, and the
award, if for benefits, shall be considered a tax and lieu upon
the property assessed, and shall be paid to the County Com-
missioners or the treasurer of said county upon the order of
said Commissioners within sixty days from the time the
award and report are finally ratified and confirmed as afore-
said, and if not then paid, shall be collected as other taxes
are collected; provided, that thirty days' notice is given to
the owner or owners of the property taken for such road, or to
his, her, or its agent, or attorney, or left upon the premises,
in case the owner is unknown; provided, that in case the
damage allowed by Said examiners to any person or persons,
or body corporate, shall be increased either by order of the
County Commissioners of said county or by the Circuit Court
for said county upon an appeal from the decision of said
County Commissioners, or in case the amount of benefits
assessed against any person or persons, or body corporate by
said examiners, be decreased either by order of the County
Commissioners or by the decision of the Circuit Court for
Baltimore County, upon appeal from the County Commis-
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Parties peti-
tioning for said
road shall pay
pro rata, etc.
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sioners, then the parties petitioning for said road shall
pay pro rata according to their assessments the deficit
caused by said increase of damages or decrease of said
benefits, the same to be collected the same as assess-
ments for benefits as hereinbefore provided; and provided
further, that no work shall be done on any road so ratified
and confirmed until all the assessments for the construction
of said road shall have been paid, or in the event of a reduc-
tion of any assessment for benefits, or increase of any damages
upon appeal or otherwise, as above provided, until the amount
of the deficit thereby caused shall have been made up and
paid by the petitioners; the County Commissioners of said
county shall then advertise for sealed proposals for the con-
struction of said road, according to the specifications furnished
by said examiners, and the contract shall be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder; provided the contract price shall
not exceed the amount of the net assessments collected for the
building of said road, and the person or persons contracting
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