1686

DORCHESTER COUNTY.

the party injured, to be recovered before a single magistrate ;
Provided always, that the owner or owners of any lands
through which a ditch, laid out as aforesaid, may run, shall not
be debarred the privilege of crossing the said ditch with con-
venient bridges, and the necessary fences for enclosing and
dividing his lands.

When lands
are over-
flowed, no.
tice to be
given, &c.

SEC. 8. And, whereas the natural drains, sinks and branches,
are frequently choked up by the falling down of trees, or other
obstructions, so as to occasion the adjacent land to be over-
flowed with water, Be it enactedy that the person or persons,
whose lands, in the counties aforesaid, shall be over flowed
with water in consequence of impediments from the falling of
trees, or the floating of timber, or other obstructions, across
any natural drain, sink or branch, may give notice to the owner
of the land on which such impediment may be, and if he shall
refuse or neglect to remove the same after two days notice,
then it shall be lawful for the person or persons, whose lands
may be overflowed as aforesaid, to cause the said impediment
to be removed.

Proviso.

SEC. 9. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in
this act shall be construed to affect the rights of the owneis of
water mills, nor shall any commissioner under this act have
power to lay out a ditch to draw off the water from any water
mill.

Allowance
to commis-
sioners, &c.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That each commissioner shall
be entitled to seven shillings and six-pence for every day he
shall attend in the execution of such commission ; that any
person, acting as surveyor, shall receive such per diem allow-
ance as shall be adjudged by the commissioners, not exceed-
ing fifteen shillings for every day he shall necessarily be em-
ployed ; that each chain-carrier shall be entitled to receive five
shillings ; to be paid by the person at whose request the ser-
vice shall be performed, and, if necessary, attachment shall be
issued by the county court to compel such payment.

LEVY COURT.
1827, ch, 36, repealed by 1829, ch. 18; 1829, ch. 18, merged in 1838,
ch. 235, ante page 1876.

AN AOT to regulate the per diem of Justices of the Levy Court and
Trustees of the Poor for Dorchester County, and for other purposes.
1830, ch. 84.

Allowance
to wit-
nesses.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That each and every witness hereafter to be summoned to attend
at any court in Dorchester county, shall be entitled to receive
for each and every day he shall attend as such, the sum of
sixty-two cents, and in addition thereto an allowance of three