1562 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 542

port, the proceedings and verdict shall be void. If the verdict
and proceedings be confirmed by the Council within said sixty
days, an appropriation shall be made to pay such sum as has
been assessed against the town, and the amount assessed by the
commissioners against private property shall be a lien superior
to all other liens on the several lots charged from the day
the ordinance providing for the improvement takes effect until
paid; and if not paid within thirty days after the confirmation
of the verdict, shall bear interest at the same rate as delinquent
general taxes, and shall be forthwith collected by the Treasurer
of the town, either by suit brought in the name of the town or
in the same manner as delinquent general taxes are collected
under this Charter. Monev collected on such assessments shall

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be used only to pay such, compensation and whatever interest
shall be collected, and no more, shall be apportioned among the
owners of the property taken.

(E) The town shall be entitled to immediate possession of
any lot or parcel of property taken upon payment to the owner
of the compensation for such lot or property; provided, how-
ever, that in the event that the person entitled to such com-
pensation be absent, unable or unwilling; to receive the same,
or the title to the property be taken is in dispute, the town
shall not be entitled to possession of the said property until
the compensation therefor be paid into the Circuit Court of
Montgomery County, to be held for the person entitled to re-
ceive the same.

(F) In case the town, or any person affected by such pro-
ceedings, shall feel aggrieved by the verdict of the commission-
ers, appeal may be taken within twenty days of the approval
of said verdict to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.
The party appealing shall perfect his appeal by filing with the
Town Clerk a written notice of his intention so to do within
said twenty days, and thereupon the clerk shall, within twenty
days from said notice, file a complete transcript of the proceed-
ings with the Clerk of the Circuit Court; and said cause, un-
less the appeal be dismissed, shall be tried de novo in said
court at the next jury term of said court after said transcript
is filed- in all respects as other trials had in said court. The
verdict of the jury shall conform in all respects to the require-
ments of this section and shall have the same force and effect
as the verdict of said commissioners. The assessments shall be
paid within same time, and until paid bear the same rate of
interest as is above provided, and shall stand as a judgment