8io

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Sewer, drains,

arising therefrom in the same manner, when any sewer, drain

etc.

or ditch is so constructed for the purpose of carrying off sur-

face water from the roads as aforesaid ; said Commission shall

have the right to allow connections to be made therewith from

private property upon such terms as it may decide proper or

just, the revenues derived from such source to be applied

to the benefit of the county roads and highways.

206. The Highways Commission shall make no contracts

for work or materials of any kind to be done or funished

in connection with any of its duties under this Act for

any amount exceeding two hundred dollars without re-

To give bond
in contracts.

quiring the party contracting to do such work or furnish-

ing such material to give bond with security to be approved

by the Commission for the proper performance of such con-

tract, and shall make no payments on account of such contract

unless the Roads Engineer of the county shall approve the

same.

207. The Highways Commission of Baltimore County shall

have full power to agree and contract with owners of land

Power to con-
tract.

or materials the use of which may be required in connection

with the opening of any new road, the construction or repair

of any bridge, the relocating, straightening or widening of

any road, the proper drainage of the roads of the county,

or in connection with any other of its duties under this Act,

and if it be unable for any reason to agree with the owners of

any such land or materials the use of which is required for

any such purposes, and if other provisions of this Act shall

not in any such case be applicable or advisable under the cir-

cumstances, said Commission may proceed to condemn the

same under the provisions of the law relative to condemnations

by corporations, municipal or otherwise, as fully as though

it were a corporation named in the several sections of said

laws.

208. In all cases where there is any growing timber, build-

ings, stone or other property of value on any property dedi-

cated to the county by grant for road purposes, opened by

the Commission as a public road as herein provided, or other-

wise required by the Commission for such purposes, such

To be the

growing timber, buildings, stone or other property of value

property of

shall be deemed and taken to become and be the property

Commission.

of the Commission to be used or disposed of for road pur-

poses, unless the contrary shall be stipulated in the grant of

the same, the return of the examiners, the proceedings of con-

demnation or by the written agreement of the Commission.