ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1127

eral circulation in the municipality once a week for two con-
secutive weeks a notice which shall contain a general descrip-
tion of the land thus reserved, as shown on the plat, the
provisions of the resolution of the Board of Aldermen including
the period of time for which such reservations are made, the
time within which claims for compensation may be filed, which
shall be not more than two months from the date of the first
publication of notice, and the time and place of hearings by the
board of appraisers. The first hearing shall not be set earlier
than 30 days after the date of the first of such publications.
The board of appraisers shall fix the amounts of compensa-
tion to be paid, respectively, to the owners of lands reserved
for the period of time as shown on the plat and in the reso-
lution adopted by the Board of Aldermen. Whenever the
Board of Aldermen receives, within the period fixed for the
same, any claim for such compensation it shall transmit it to
the board of appraisers. At the time and place fixed for such
hearings the board of appraisers shall hear and consider all
claims presented to it in writing or in person, including all
evidence which may be presented by the claimants or other
persons. The board of appraisers shall have the right on its
own initiative to investigate and ascertain data or evidence
relevant to the question of such compensation. In case of the
abandonment of a reservation prior to the time fixed for pay-
ment of compensation, the municipality shall be liable to the
owner of the land included within the abandoned reservation
for the expenses, if any, incurred by such owner by reason of
such reservation, and in arriving at the amount of compensation
the board of appraisers shall take into consideration the amount
of benefit to be derived thereby to adjoining property, if any.

SEC. 20. Be it enacted, That the board of appraisers
shall, within 30 days after the time fixed for the filing of
claims, file its tentative report with the Board of Aldermen,
setting forth its findings as to the amounts of compensation
to be paid the respective owners of the lands included within
the lines of such reservations as located on the approved plat.
Thereupon the Board of Aldermen shall publish once a week
for two consecutive weeks in at least two newspapers of general
circulation in the municipality the fact of the filing of the
report of the appraisers and specify a period of 30 days from
and after the date of the first such publication within which
objections to the report may be filed with the Board of Alder-