§ 3-15. Ordinance repealed or set aside.

Whenever any ordinance passed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, providing for the condemnation and opening, widening, or closing of any street, square, lane, or alley in said City, shall be set aside or declared null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction, to wit: the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, the Court of Special Appeals, or the Court of Appeals, in the event of an appeal to that tribunal, or the same shall be repealed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, it shall be the duty of the Director of Finance immediately thereafter to refund to any and all persons, or their legal representatives, such sums of money as they may have paid to the City by reason of the assessment of benefits by virtue of such ordinance. The Director of Finance shall likewise pay all expenses which may have been incurred by virtue of any such ordinance, in carrying out the provisions thereof, for which the City may be liable under existing ordinances.