346 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

correct the said return of proceedings, in all or any of its parts,
as the said Court shall deem just and proper, and shall cause the
proceedings and decisions on said returns and appeals to be
entered in the book containing the record of the proceedings
of the Commissioners, certified by the Clerk, under the seal of
the Court, and the book to be transmitted to the City Register,
which shall be final and conclusive in every respect, unless an
appeal be taken to the Court of Appeals, and such record book,
or a copy of the proceedings therein, or any part of such pro-
ceedings, whether in court or out of court, certified by the City
Register under the corporate seal of the City, shall be evidence
in any court in this State, and the Judge of the Baltimore City
Court shall have full power, in his discretion, to add the reason-
able costs of any appeal, to be taxed by him, or any part thereof,
to the damages to be collected for opening or closing said
street, or to require such cost, or any part thereof, to be paid
by all or by either of the appellants, as the circumstances of
each appeal, in his opinion, shall justify. Upon every appeal
to the Baltimore City Court from any action of the Commis-
sioners for Opening Streets both the damages and benefits as-
sessed by the Commissioners to the appellant shall be open for
review and correction by the said City Court.

180. Whenever any ordinance passed by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, providing for the condemnation and open-
ing, extending, widening or closing of any street, lane or alley in
said City, shall be set aside, or decla'red null and void by a court
of competent jurisdiction, to wit : the Baltimore City Court
or the Court of Appeals, in the event of an appeal to that tri-
bunal, or the same shall be repealed by the City, it shall be the
duty of the Comptroller immediately thereafter to draw his
warrant on the City Register in favor of any and all persons,
or their legal representatives, who may have paid into the City
Treasury any sum or sums of money on account thereof; which
shall be forthwith paid out of any sums in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated. The Comptroller shall likewise draw
his warrant on the City Register for the payment of all ex-
penses which may have been incurred by virtue of any such
ordinance, in carrying out the provisions thereof, for which the
City may be liable under existing ordinances.