ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 891

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 sixty days of said ratification or rejection to the Circuit Court for Caroline Coun- ty, and either party may be entitled to trial by jury, and the judgment of said Court shall be final among the parties; provided, that the person tak-
ing such appeal shall, within twenty days thereof, cause to be delivered to the Clerk of the said Cir- cuit Court the award filed with said Commission- ers, together with a copy of the order of said Commissioners ratifying or rejecting the same, and all other papers relating thereto.		Appeal.
Sec. 24. And be it enacted, That the said Com- missioners may allow their Clerk, Treasurer, As- sessor and Bailiff, and other employees, such rea- sonable compensation as they may deem proper, and pay the same from the fund hereinbefore pro- vided to be raised by a direct tax on the assessable property in said village.		Compensation
Sec. — . And be it enacted, That all persons holding offices under the present corporation of said village, and all persons elected or appointed under the provisions of this Article shall hold such offices until their successors shall have been elected or appointed and qualified. Approved April 4, 1870.		Hold over.
CHAPTER 473.
AN ACT to add an additional Section to Article four of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Police," and be Section eight hundred and twenty-seven of said Article.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That an additional section be added to Article four of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Police," and be Section eight hundred and twenty-seven of said Article.	Addition.