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balance shall be collected in the manner hereinbefore provided for; and
whenever any assessment is collected, or any portion of the same shall
be received by the examiner or examiners, the amount shall be deposited in
some bank in the City of Baltimore or in the Towson National Bank, and
all such moneys shall be paid out by such bank upon the check, order or
warrant of the examiner or examiners depositing the same and having
charge of the proceedings in the matter. Whenever a street, avenue or
alley, or any part thereof, or a thoroughfare, shall be completed or any
work provided by this subtitle of this Article shall be finished and all
the costs and charges and expenses of the same have been paid and there
shall be a balance of the assessment for benefits on hand, the said amount
shall be refunded pro rata to the parties who have paid in the same.
P. W. & B. R. R. Co. v. Shipley, 72 Md. 88.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 3, sec. 229. 1875, ch. 399. 1914, ch. 517, sec. 390.
B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 533. 1928, sec. 629.

629. Whenever it may be proposed to condemn, open, grade and con-
struct a thoroughfare from one public highway or thoroughfare to an-
other and it may be deemed advisable by the persons making application
for the same to use the beds or portions of different streets and avenues
for that purpose, application may be made for condemning, opening, grad-
ing and constructing such portions of said streets and avenues as may
be required; and for the purpose of condemning, opening, grading and
constructing such proposed thoroughfares, the line selected, including por-
tions of different streets and avenues, shall be recognized, considered and
acted upon as, if it was a continuous line of any street or avenue: and
owners of a majority of front feet of ground bounding and fronting on
the line of said proposed thoroughfare may make application to the Coun-
ty Commissioners in writing, setting forth what street or avenue or what
portion of any street or avenue they want condemned, opened, graded
and constructed for such proposed thoroughfare; and Avhen said applica-
tion is presented the County Commissioners shall appoint one examiner or
three examiners in the manner hereinafter provided for, whose duty it
shall be to condemn, open, grade and construct such streets or avenues, or
portions thereof as may be applied for, for such a thoroughfare, in accord-
ance with said application and the provisions of this subtitle of this Ar-
ticle; and all proceedings which can be had and taken for the condemna-
tion, opening, grading and construction of any street, avenue or alley, or
portion thereof, under the provisions of this subtitle of this Article, can
and shall be had and taken for the condemnation, opening, grading and
construction of any street or avenue, or part of any street or avenue, for
such a thoroughfare.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 3, sec. 230. 1876, ch. 399. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 391.
1914, ch. 517. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 534. 192S, sec. 630.

630. All streets and avenues, or parts of streets and avenues, that may
be condemned, opened, graded and constructed shall be condemned the
full width as laid off, but if the owners of a majority of front feet of