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ordinarily collected, or by a bill in equity, at the instance of
the treasurer, for the enforcement of such lien. The procedure
in such cases shall conform to that provided in section l177U
of this article.

177P. Said County Commissioners, in addition to their
other powers and duties under this act, shall have full charge
and control of all drains and ditches used in connection with
the public highways, roads, streets, avenues, lanes and alleys
of the county, and shall keep the same in proper order and
repair. Whenever it shall become necessary, in their discretion,
to lay out or construct a drain or ditch across or under the prop-
erty of any individual or corporation for the purpose of drain-
ing the surface water from any public highway heretofore
existing or hereafter dedicated by grant, condemned or declared
to be a public highway, as provided in this act, said County
Commissioners shall have the power to lay out and construct
the same in the manner and subject to the same provisions and
restrictions, so far as the same may be applicable, as are pro-
vided herein for the opening, altering, relocating or closing of
county roads, and to assess the benefits and award the damages
arising therefrom in the same manner.

177Q. The said County Commissioners of Montgomery
County shall have full power to agree and contract with owners
of land or materials, the use of which may be required in con-
nection 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 the duties under this sub-title,
and if they 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 purpose, and if other provisions of this sub-title shall
not in any such case be applicable or advisable under the cir-
cumstances, said commissioners may proceed to condemn the
same under the provisions of the law relative to condemnation
by corporations, municipal or otherwise, as fully as though they
were a corporation named in the several sections of said law.

177s. Any person having property or individual rights
involved and feeling aggrieved by any final decision of the said
County Commissioners affecting such rights, including their
final decisions in all matters in this sub-title specified, shall
have the right to appeal from such final decision to the Circuit
Court for said county; provided, that all such appeals shall be
taken and the cost of the record paid or tendered to the clerk
of the said commissioners within thirty days from the rendering