FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

entered by the Circuit Court in any case, said court may
determine whether the costs shall be paid by the appellant or
appellee.

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SEC. 210. And be it enacted, The County Commissioners
shall not advertise any notice of application for opening any
new road, or widening, straightening, altering or closing any
old road, or parts of any old road, unless the parties interested
in said application shall pay to the treasurer of Baltimore
county such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to
pay the expenses of advertising, surveying, making plat and
the per diem of examiners, and any other expenses that may
be incurred, before the proceedings in the case shall be finally
ratified and ordered to be recorded; and when the assessments
for benefits shall have been collected and paid into the
treasury of Baltimore county, the County Commissioners shall
give an order on the treasurer for the sum or sums of money
paid to him by the parties for such purposes.

Applicant to
pay expense
of advertis-
ing, etc.

SEC. 211. And be it enacted, When no objection shall have
been filed within the time hereinbefore designated, or if objec-
tions shall have been filed and the road petitioned for be con-
firmed 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 cause to be recorded such road
as a public road of Baltimore county, and the award, if for

When road to
be declared
public road.

damages, shall be paid by the County Commissioners to the
person or persons, or body 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

Payment of
damages.

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 commissioners, within sixty days from
the time the award and report are finally ratified and
confirmed as aforesaid; and if not then paid, shall be

Benefits to be
a lien.

collected as other taxes are collected; provided, that thirty
days' 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 per-
son 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 an appeal from the decision
of said County Commissioners, or in case the amount of

Notice to
owner.