984 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 656]

"Class B;" that receiving the next highest benefit'"Class C;"
that receiving the next highest benefit "Class D;" and that
receiving the smallest benefit "Class E." The holdings of any
one landowner need not necessarily be all in one class, but the
number of acres in each class shall be ascertained, though its
boundary need not be marked on the ground or shown on the
map. The total number of acres owned by one person in each
class and the total number of acres benefited shall be deter-
mined. The total number of acres of each class in the entire
district shall be ascertained and presented in tabulated form.
The scale of assessment upon the several classes of land returned
by the engineer and viewers shall be in the ratio of five, four,
three, two and one; that is to say, as often as five mills per
acre is assessed against the land in "Class A," four mills per
acre shall be assessed against the land in "Class B," three mills
per acre in "Class C," two mills per acre in "Class D," and' one
mill per acre in "Class E." This shall form the basis of the
assessment of benefits to the lands for drainage purposes, and
the basis of all future assessments, taxes, levies and costs con-
nected with the drainage district, except as the same may be
modified or changed under order of the Board of County Com-
missioners at the time of the final hearing or to conform to any
decree of the Courts.

SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That the engineer and viewers
appointed under this act shall at all times keep an accurate
account and report to the Board of County Commissioners the
name and number of days such person was employed on the sur-
vey and the kind of work he was doing and any expenses that
may have been incurred in going to and from the work, and
the cost of any supplies or material that may have been used
in making the survey.

SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That when the final report is com-
pleted and filed it shall be examined by the Board of County
Commissioners, and if it is found to be in due form and in
accordance with the law it shall be accepted, and if not in due
form it may be referred back to the engineer and viewers, with
instructions to secure further information, to be reported' at a
subsequent date to be fixed by the board. When the report is
fully completed and accepted by the board a date not less than
thirty days thereafter shall be fixed by the board for the final
hearing upon the report, and notice thereof shall be given by
publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
and by posting a written or printed notice on the door of the
courthouse and at five conspicuous places throughout the dis-