GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831,

in each and every year hereafter, at any place, of at any

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time or times which may be agreed on by the said directors,

or a majority of them, for the transaction of business.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the costs, charges and

Payment for cut-

expenses of cutting and opening said ditch or drain, shall

ing.

be paid by the respective proprietors of the same, each

paying for the cutting or opening the drain through his or

her own land, except when it shall so happen that two or

more of the said proprietors hold parts of said branch,

through which the said ditch or drain shall be made, adjoin-

ing each other, part on one side thereof and part on the

other, in which case each shall pay in proportion to the

part he or she shall or may hold.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said directors, or a

Power of directors

majority of them, shall have full power and authority at

any time thereafter, to cut, open or complete said drain or

Cutting

ditch, and also, from time to time, to repair or clean, and

Repairing.

keep open in good order, that said ditch or drain so to be

made and cut in virtue of this act, at the expense of said

propnetors,in the same proportion that the expenses of cut-

ting and opening the said ditch or drain are to be paid, and

for the cutting or opening the said ditch or drain in the first

instance, and of repairing and cleansing the same when cut

and opened, the said directors, or a majority of them, are

hereby authorised to apportion what they may conceive the

expenses thereof will amount to, and demand and receive

such proportion from the said proprietors reap actively be-

fore, or at any time after the commencement of the said

work, or after the same is finished; and the said directors,

or a majority of them, are hereby empowered to sell and

convey, or in any wise dispose of any part or parcel of va-

Sell and convey
land.

cant land, lying and being in said German's Branch, which

aforesaid ditch or drain may pass through, or any part or

parcel that may not be claimed by any person or persons,

Apply proceeds.

and apply the proceeds of said sale to the cutting, draining

and cleansing of said branch as aforesaid.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted. That in case the said proprie-

Case of failure to
pay.

ors, or any of them, shall not pay to the said directors, his,

her or their respective proportion of any sum of money,

fixed and apportioned by the said directors as aforesaid, for

the purpose of opening, cutting, cleansing or repairing the

said ditch or drain, within forty days after demand of the

same by the said directors, or a majority of them, it shall

and may be lawful for the said directors, or a majority of

them, to collect the proportion due from such delinquent

Powers to collect.

proprietor or proprietors, by distress and public sale, of

any goods or chattels of such proprietor or proprietors, of