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efit assessments he shall forthwith return the said Commission-
ers' proceedings to the Comptroller.

184. The City Collector, on receiving the full amount of the
purchase money on such sale, shall execute a deed of convey-
ance in favor of the purchaser or purchasers, or their assign
or assigns, which deed shall convey a fee simple or leasehold
estate, as the case may be, in and to such property, and after
deducting the costs of sales, advertising and other necessary
expenses, he shall pay the balance of such purchase money to
the City, which shall pay over the said balance, after deducting
the amount assessed on said property, to the person or persons
entitled thereto, on demand, without interest.

185. All sums of money assessed by the Commissioners
aforesaid, upon property deemed by them to be benefited, shall
be and continue liens on each several piece of property so
assessed, to the amount of its particular assessment, until the
same shall be paid to the City; but no part of any street, square,
lane or alley shall be opened on or over the ground of any per-
son or persons, or corporation, adjudged by the Commissioners
to be entitled to damages for said opening, without the con-
sent, in writing, of the person or corporation so entitled, until
such damages shall be paid, or the amount thereof invested in
the City stock, for the use of each person or corporation entitled
to any part of the compensation for such damages, to the
amount of his, her or their respective right and interest therein,
of which investment the City Register's certificate, under the
corporate seal of the City, shall be competent proof.

186. Any person or persons not claiming title to any lot or
piece of property upon which any sums shall be assessed, as
aforesaid, may pay the amount of the sum so assessed, within
the time limited, to the City Register, and obtain his certificate
of having paid such sum without claiming title to the property ;
and such payment shall vest in the person or persons paying
his, her or their heirs, the lien on such lot or property men-
tioned in this Article.

187. If it should so happen that any one or more of said
Commissioners should be interested in any particular case, the