JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 411

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That when no objection	No objection.
shall have been filed, within the time hereinbefore
designated, or if objection shall have been filed and
the road petitioned for confirmed by the County
Commissioners of said county, or if in case of appeal
the order of the County Commissioners is affirmed
by the Circuit Court for said county, the County
Commissioners shall record or caused to be recorded
such road as a public road of Baltimore county, and
the award if for damages, shall be paid by said County
Commissioners to the person or persons, or body	Award
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 lien upon the property assessed, and shall be
paid to the County Commissioners or the Treasurer
of said county, upon the order of said County Com-
missioners, within sixty days from the time the award
and report are finally ratified and confirmed as afore-
said ; provided, thirty days' notice is given to the
owner or owners of the property taken for such road,	Property taken
or to his, her, or its agent or attorney, or left upon
the premises in case the owner is unknown; and said
sum shall be applied to the purpose of paying the
damages, and for the construction of said road.
Whenever any person or persons shall desire to im-
prove any road to an extent beyond that contemplated
by the Board of Examiners, they may make appli-
cation to the County Commissioners, who shall issue
a commission to three disinterested tax payers of
said county, directing them to meet. upon the prem-
ises and examine the location and the premises set
forth in said application, and if they shall judge that
the public interest will be promoted thereby, they
shall direct the County Commissioners to pay towards
such improvement an amount not exceeding one hun-
dred dollars per mile, to be paid upon completion of
said improvement; provided, however, that said ap-
plicants subscribe an amount double that to be paid by	Proviso
the County Commissioners. All the work of said
improvement shall be under the direction and con-
trol of the supervisors; whenever any doubt may
exist as to the proper location or width of any road,
supervisors may cause the same to be surveyed, and
in their discretion make such alteration as the con-
venience of the public may require; and any person