Section 123. County treasurer to pay awards

Within six months after the
  report of the commissioner of appraisal shall be confirmed as aforesaid,
  the county treasurer of such county  shall  pay  to  the  persons  named
  therein  the  amounts  awarded  to them for damages with four per centum
  interest thereon from the  date  of  the  filing  of  the  oath  of  the
  commissioners  of  appraisal  in  the  office  of the county clerk. Such
  amounts with interest and the  amounts  payable  in  pursuance  of  this
  article  shall  be  deemed  a  part  of  the  cost  of  construction  or
  improvement of county roads under this article and shall  be  paid  from
  the  county  road fund by the county treasurer, in case of purchase upon
  requisition of the chairman of the board of supervisors of said  county,
  or  by  any  member  or committee thereof designated for that purpose by
  said board and in case of a petition for the acquisition of such  lands,
  upon service of a certified copy of the order confirming such awards. In
  case there are unknown owners, to whom the award is made in said report,
  the said county treasurer shall deposit the amounts awarded to them with
  like  interest  in some trust company or bank in such manner as the said
  court shall in the order of confirmation direct, such amount to be  paid
  out upon the application of said unknown owners when discovered.