1128 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 443

men. If objections be filed within said period, then the
Board of Aldermen shall cause the board of appraisers to
hold a meeting, at which said objection shall be transmitted
to the board, and the board may modify its report. The report
in its original form, or, if modified, in its modified form, shall
be transmitted to the Board of Aldermen. Before passing on
the report, the Board of Aldermen may return it to the board
of appraisers for reconsideration, and the board may upon
further consideration transmit its former or a modified report
to the Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen may ap-
prove or disapprove the report. If the report be approved by
the Board of Aldermen, they shall provide for the payment of
the amounts of compensation set forth in the report within 90
days after the filing of the report with the Board of Aldermen.
If the Board of Aldermen disapprove the report or fail to pro-
vide for such payment within said 90 days, such disapproval or
failure shall be deemed a dismissal of the proceedings and a
cancellation of the plat and an abandonment of the reservations
of the street locations as shown on the plat, with the same
liability of the municipality for expenses as above provided in
the case of abandonment by resolution; and thereupon the
Board of Aldermen shall cause to be transmitted to the re-
corder of the county an attested statement of such abandonment.

SEC. 21. Be it enacted, That within 20 days after the
approval of any such report by the Board of Aldermen, any
person dissatisfied with the award of compensation therein
contained may file with the Board of Aldermen notice of ap-
peal to the Circuit Court for Frederick County. Thereupon,
and within 10 days of such notice, the Board of Aldermen shall
file with the clerk of said court the report of the board of
appraisers approved by the Board of Aldermen, together with
certified copies of the resolution of the Board of Aldermen and
of the notice of appeal. Thereupon said appeal case shall be
deemed to be filed and pending as a case brought by the
municipality to appropriate and assess the compensation to be
paid for the reservation of the land of the appellant as shown
on the approved plat for the period fixed in the resolution of
the Board of Aldermen, and the procedure shall be in accord-
ance with the procedure specified by law in proceedings for the
taking or appropriation of property for public use for streets;
and the municipality shall pay the appellant the amount fixed
in said case, or, in case it abandons the reservation, the amount
of costs in said case.