940 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 638]

ner in this act provided for regular road repair and construc-
tion.

SEC. 171H. It shall not be lawful for the County Commis-
sioners to open any new public road in Talbot county until
they shall have such proposed road surveyed and platted by the
County Road Engineer and an estimate in writing made by
him of the cost of building such proposed road, including nec-
essary bridges on the same, and any such new public roads which
the County Commissioners may hereafter decide to open shall
be built under the control and direction of the County Road
Engineer, and shall not be accepted and paid for by the County
Commissioners until the County Road Engineer has certified
to said commissioners that the said road has been built accord-
ing to the contract and specifications signed by the contractor,
if such road is built by contract.

SEC. 171I. The said County Road Engineer, whenever
requested by the County Commissioner to do so, shall supervise
all contract work on the county roads and bridges entered into
by the said commissioners with the State Roads Commission,
or under the provisions of the Shoemaker Act, without extra
compensation.

SEC. 171J. Whenever the County Road Engineer shall
find it necessary to open an outlet or watercourse through priv-
ate property in Talbot county to secure proper drainage of any
public road therein, he shall forthwith so inform the County
Commissioners of said county, and if the owners of such prop-
erty consent to the opening of such outlet or watercourse, and
if such owners and the said County Commissioners shall agree
upon the value and price to be pai'd for the same, 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 Engineer; but if the owner
and the said County Commissioners shall fail to agree as afore-
said, then the County Commissioners shall have power and
authority to condemn the land for such outlet or watercourse
in the manner as is now or hereafter may be conferred by the
Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland to the
County Commissioners for condemning land for the opening
of public roads, 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 the said outlet or water-
course shall run, and make return thereof to the County Com-
missioners, after which upon tender of the amount so estimated