ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 2S3

any person or persons interested in the property, over and through which the said street, lane or alley is to be opened, closed, extended, widened or improved, and they shall within ten days after .such valuation or assessment, return the same in writing under their hands and seals, with a certi- ficate of their qualification before a Justice of the Peace, as hereinbefore provided, to the Commis- sioners of said village, which said valuation and assessment shall be ratified or rejected by the said Commissioners as in their judgment may seem proper. And if any person shall feel aggrieved by the determination of the said Commissioners in ratifying or rejecting said award or return, or in the amount of compensation awarded, or in any matter relating to the same, may appeal, within	Make return.
sixty days of said ratification or rejection, to the Circuit Court for Caroline County, and either party may be entitled to trial by jury, and the judgment of said Court shall be final among the	Appeal to Cir- cuit Court.
parties; provided, that the person taking such ap- peal shall within twenty days thereof, cause to be delivered to the clerk of the said Circuit Court the award filed with said Commissioners, together with a copy of the order of said Commissioners ratifying or rejecting the same, and all other papers relating thereto.	Proviso.
119. The said Commissioners may allow their clerk, treasurer, assessor, and bailiff and other em- ployees, such reasonable compensation as they may deem proper and pay the same from the fund here- inbefore provided to be raised by a direct tax on the assessable property in said village.	Compensa- tion to em- ployees.
120. All persons holding offices under the pre- sent corporation of said village, and all persons elected or appointed under the provisions of this Article, shall hold such offices until their succes- sors shall have been elected or appointed and quali- fied. Approved March 31, 1870.	Hold office until succes- sors qualify.