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ties in interest, on such reasonable notice of such hearing
as said County Commissioners may fix, how much, if any,
of the cost of the work made necessary by such change
of grade of such public road, and how much, if any, of
the cost of construction and the cost of maintenance of
any bridge or bridges, archway or archways, culvert or
culverts mentioned in the foregoing sections shall be
borne by the county, and how much of the same in each
instance shall be borne by any person or persons, corpo-
ration or corporations, so as aforesaid in interest.

Section 217E. In order that any claim or claims of
adjoining property holders may be fairly dealt with
the County Commissioners shall have power, upon pre-
sentation of any such claim or claims, after such reason-
able notice as they may fix, to the claimant or claimants
and all other parties interested in such claim or claims,
of the time and place of such hearing, to hear and deter-
mine such claim or claims and fix the amount, if any
thereof, and at the same time or times, what part there-
of, if any, shall be paid by any person or persons, corpo-
ration or corporations that in the judgment of said
County Commissioners will be benefited by such change,
and said County Commissioners, in their discretion, may
require such person or persons, corporation or corpora-
tions, to pay or secure the payment of or make a binding
agreement to pay the same, or any part thereof, before
proceeding with the work, or require such an agreement
to be included in the contract provided for in section 217
D hereof, section next before last, refer to it by No. )

All of which were severally read and adopted.

The bill, as amended, was Bead a second time and or-
dered to be engrossed for a third reading.

house bill entitled "An Act to license traders in Balti-
more county. "

Which was read a second time and ordered to be en-
grossed for a third reading.

House bill entitled "An Act to repeal and re-enact
with amendments, sections 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 52 and
61, of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled 'Health'
sub-title 'Practitioners of Medicine' to repeal altogether
sections 49, 51 and 62, of said Article, arid to add addi-