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posited, and that after the expiration of twenty-one days from
the date of the first publication the said report will become
(and the same shall become) absolute and final as against all
persons who shall not in the meantime have appealed therefrom
to such Circuit Court. Every such appeal shall, upon order
of the appellant's attorney, be docketed as a separate case in
the name of the appellant against the State of Maryland. Ac-
companying such order shall be a statement of the grounds
upon which the appeal is based, and every such appeal shall
be heard as promptly as may be on such day as the Court shall
fix. The appellant shall be entitled to have the amount of his
damages or benefits assessed by a jury, and shall have the right
to appeal to the Court of Appeals on any question of law in-
volved. At every such inquisition the State shall proceed as
if party plaintiff, and the costs in the Circuit Court shall be
paid by the State. If no such appeal from the report of the
Commission shall be taken, or when all such appeals have been
finally disposed of, it shall be lawful for the State Roads Com-
mission (if for any reason such course may become necessary)
to pay into Court, under an order of the judge thereof, the
amount due to any person in interest, and thereupon the title
to the property so paid for shall be vested in the State of Mary-
land. In addition to publishing the notice of the preliminary
report herein provided f or, the Commission shall cause a printed
copy of such notice to be mailed to the persons interested, so
far as their postoffice addresses are known or can reasonably be
ascertained; provided, however, that such action shall not be
deemed a pre-requisite to the validity of the proceeding. If any
of the parties in interest residing in this State are within the
age or non compos mentis or other contractual disability, and
are not represented by a guardian, committee or trustee, it shall
be the duty of the Commission to certify such fact to the Court
at the time of filing its final report, and thereupon the Court
shall make such order for the protection of the rights of such
person under disability as may be proper.
32x. It shall be lawful for the State Roads Commission to
make, from time to time, such changes as to it may seem de-
sirable in the projected locations of any road authorized to be
constructed hereunder.
32Y. It shall be lawful for the State Roads Commission to
make and enforce, from time to time, such regulations and or-
ders as it may deem necessary for the preservation of State
roads, and herein to regulate the use of the same by traction
engines, wagon, sleds and such other vehicles or conveyances
as by such use produce more than an ordinary amount of wear
and tear thereon. Such orders and regulations, when and as
promulgated or altered, shall be published once a week for three
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