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pense, to take suitable photographs of the property being acquired
and to file them in the proceedings before taking possession.

(e)  After an Order has been passed as aforesaid, directing that
the City may take possession of the property, the City shall no longer
have the right to abandon said condemnation proceedings, except
with the consent of all of the owners of said property.

(f)  At any time after the Order shall have been signed directing
that the City may take possession of the property, the property
owner or owners, upon written request to the Clerk of said Court,
shall be entitled to immediately receive such sum so paid into Court,
according to their respective interests.

(g)  Payment into Court by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more and receipt of such money by the property owner or owners
shall be without prejudice to either party and shall not be construed
to prevent either party from requiring a subsequent trial to deter-
mine the value of the property. If the amount of the final award for
any property owner, after trial, is more than the amount that was
paid into Court by the City for the interest of such property owner,
such property owner shall be entitled to a judgment against the City
for the difference between such amounts. If the final award for any
property owner, after trial, is less than the amount that was paid
into Court by the City for the interest of such property owner, the
City shall be entitled to a judgment against such property owner for
the difference between such amounts.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act
are hereby declared to be severable, and in case it be judicially de-
termined that any word, phrase, clause, item, sentence, paragraph or
section of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or cir-
cumstances, is invalid, the remaining provisions and the application
of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be
affected thereby, it being hereby declared that the remaining pro-
visions of this Act would have been enacted without the word, phrase,
clause, item, sentence, paragraph, or section, or the application
thereof, so held invalid.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 373

(Senate Bill 468)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 284 and 284G (e) of Article 77 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supple-
ment), title "Public Education", sub-titles respectively "Chapter
27. Free Scholarships" and "Chapter 27A. State Scholarship
Board", and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
284C and 284G (c) of the said Article and sub-titles respectively
of the Code (1962 Supplement), and to add new Section 284H to
the said Article of the Code (1962 Supplement), sub-title "Chapter
27A. State Scholarship Board", to follow immediately after Sec-