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tion shall have been filed within the time herein granted, or if objection shall have been filed and the road petitioned for confirmed, the County Com- missioners shall record such road as a public road of Baltimore County, and the award, if for dam- ages, shall be paid by the County Commissioners to the person or persons entitled to receive the same within ninety days from the recording of
said road; and the awards, if for benefits, shall be considered a tax upon the property assessed, and shall be paid to the County Commissioners within sixty days from the recording of said road, and shall be applied to the purpose of paying the damages and construction of said road; and when- ever there shall not be sufficient money in the hands of the County Commissioners, assessed and collected for the payment of damages and the cost of construction of any road under this Act, the County Commissioners are hereby directed to pay such deficiency out of the special road and bridge fund of the district or districts so assessed; and if	Tax upon pro- perty.
more than one district is assessed, the deficiency shall be paid out of the special funds of such districts in proportion to the amount of the asessment of such districts. Whenever any per- son or persons shall desire to improve any road to an extent beyond that contemplated by the Board of Supervisors, they may make application to the County Commissioners, who shall direct the Board of the Supervisors of the district in which such road is situated, to meet upon the premises and examine the location and the purposes set forth in said application, and if they shall judge, that the public interest will he promoted thereby, they shall direct the County Cominissioners to pay towards such improvement "an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars	Deficiency.
per mile, to be paid upon completion of said im- provement;provided, the parties desiring to make said improvement, shall first subscribe an amount double that to be paid by the County Commission- ers," all the work of said improvement shall be under the direction and control of the Supervisors. Whenever any doubt may exist as to the proper location or width of any road, the Supervisors may cause the same to be surveyed, and in their discre- tion, make such alterations as the convenience of	Improvement, how paid for.