2566 ARTICLE 11.

any such abandonment to the said Clerk of the Court for Frederick
County.

1929, ch. 443, sec. 19.

456. In the resolution of adoption of a plat the Board of Aldermen
shall appoint a board of three appraisers and shall fix the time and place
of meetings for hearings by said board upon the amounts of compensation
to be paid for such reservations. Thereupon the Board of Aldermen shall
publish in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the munici-
pality once a week for two consecutive weeks a notice which shall contain
a general description of the land thus reserved, as shown on the plat, the
provisions of the resolution of the Board of Aldermen including the period
of time for which such reservations are made, the time within which claims
for compensation may be filed, which shall be not more than two months
from the date of the first publication of notice, and the time and place of
hearings by the board of appraisers. The first hearing shall not be set
earlier than 30 days after the date of the first of such publications.

The board of appraisers shall fix the amounts of compensation to be
paid, respectively, to the owners of lands reserved for the period of time
as shown on the plat and in the resolution adopted by the Board of
Aldermen. Whenever the Board of Aldermen receives, within the period
fixed for the same, any claim for such Compensation it shall transmit it to
the board of appraisers. At the time and place fixed for such hearings
the board of appraisers shall hear and consider all claims presented to-
it in writing or in person, including all evidence which may be presented
by the claimants or other persons. The board of appraisers shall have
the right on its own initiative to investi gate and ascertain data or evidence
relevant to the question of such compensation. In case of the abandon-
ment of a reservation prior to the time fixed for payment of compensation,
the municipality shall be liable to the owner of the land included within
the abandoned reservation for the expenses, if any, incurred by such
owner by reason of such reservation, and in arriving at the amount of
compensation the board of appraisers shall take into consideration the
amount of benefit to be derived thereby to adjoining property, if any.

1929, ch. 443, sec. 20.

457. The board of appraisers shall, within 30 days after the time fixed
for the filing of claims, file its tentative report with the Board of Alder-
men, setting forth its findings as to the amounts of compensation to be
paid the respective owners of the lands included within the lines of such
reservations as located on the approved plat. Thereupon the Board of
Aldermen shall publish once a week for two consecutive weeks in at least
two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality the fact of
the filing of the report of the appraisers and specify a period of 30 days
from and after the date of the first such publication within which objec-
tions to the report may be filed with the Board of Aldermen. If objections
be filed within said period, then the Board of Aldermen shall cause the
board of appraisers to hold a meeting, at which said objection shall be