FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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notice is given to the owner or owners of the property taken

for such road, or to his, her or its agent or attorney, or left

upon the premises in case the owner is unknown ; provided,

that in case the damages allowed by said examiners to any

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person or persons or body corporate shall be increased either

by order of the county commissioners of said county, or by

the Circuit Court for said county upon the appeal from the

decision of said county commissioners, or in case the amount

of benefits assessed against any person or persons or body

corporate of said examiners be decreased either by order of

the county commissioners or by the decision of the Circuit

Court of Baltimore County upon appeal ; from the county

commissioners, then the parties petitioning for said road

shall pay pro rata according to their assessments, the deficit

caused by said increase of damages or decrease of said ben-

efits, the same to be collected the same as are assessments

for benefits as hereinbefore provided ; and provided further,

that no work shall be done on any road so notified and con-

firmed until all the assessments for the construction of said

road shall have been paid, or in the event of a reduction of

any assessment for benefits or increase of any damages.

upon appeal or otherwise as above provided, until the

amount of the deficit thereby caused shall have been made

up and paid by the petitioners ; the county commissioners

of said county shall then advertise for sealed proposals for

the construction of said road according to the specifications

furnished by said examiners, and the contract shall be

awarded to the lowest responsible bidder ; provided the con-

tract price shall not exceed the amount of the net assess-

ments collected for the building of said road shall give

bond to the county commissioners in double the amount of

the contract price for the faithful performance of the con-

tract, and the county commissioners shall not pay in full for

making such roads until the same shall have been thoroughly

examined and accepted by them.

SEC. 204. And be it enacted, That in all proceedings now

pending before the board of county commissioners, when

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the assessment, for opening any road has been paid the pro-

ings now
pending.

ceedings shall be completed in the same manner as if this

act had not passed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Effective.

Approved April 7th, 1892.