1018 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 666]
then such consent and agreement shall be entered on the books
of the County Commissioners, and such outlet or watercourse
shall be opened by the said County Road Superintendent, but
if the owner shall not consent, then the County Commissioners
shall have such power and authority to condemn the land for
such outlet or watercourse as is now or hereafter may be con-
ferred by the Code of Public General Laws of the State of
Maryland for condemning public highways, and shall appoint
three examiners to go over such proposed outlet or watercourse
for such drainage, who, or a majority of whom, shall estimate
the damage to the owner or owners of the land through which
said outlet or watercourse runs, and where said drainage so
estimated is tendered to the owner of said private property,
the said County Road Superintendent shall immediately cause
such outlet or watercourse to be opened; said County Road
Superintendent shall furnish said examiners with a plat show-
ing the proposed location and profile of such outlet or water-
course ; and for the purpose of making such plat and profile the
said County Road Superintendent is authorized to go upon
private property through which said proposed outlet or water-
course shall pass, and to make whatever survey or surveys that
he may deem necessary for such purpose; provided, that any
such outlet or watercourse shall not be opened so as to pass
through the buildings, gardens, yards or burial grounds of any
person without the consent of the owner in writing.
SEC. 119K-1. The County Commissioners shall not author-
ize the expenditure' of a larger or greater sum in any fiscal
year for work done and material furnished and for team hire
and other expenses, than has been levied for the said fiscal
year. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to permit persons to place stone at some
designated place, by the County Superintendent and in manner
prescribed by him, in any of the several districts of said county,
to be used on the public roads at a price, per perch, to be fixed
by the said County Commissioners.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all laws or sections or parts
of all laws conflicting or inconsistent with any provision or pro-
visions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed so far
us the same or auy of the same conflict or are inconsistent
with any provision or provisions of this act.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 15, 1912.
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