992 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 656]

SEC. 25. . Be it enacted, That the engineers employed under
the provisions of this act shall receive such compensation per
diem as shall be agreed upon by the Board of County Commis-
sioners. The viewers, other than the engineer, shall receive
three dollars per day; the rodmen, axemen, chainmen and other
laborers shall receive not to exceed two dollars per day each.
The Drainage Commissioners shall have all their' actual
expenses paid when actually engaged upon the work of the
drainage district, but shall receive no per diem. All other fees
and, costs incurred under the provisions of this act shall be the
same as provided by law for like services in other cases.

SEC. 26. Be it enacted, That in the event that the United
States Government makes provisions for loans to prosecute
drainage and reclamation work, or provides for such work to
be done in whole or in part under the supervision of its officials,
the drainage districts to be created under this act are empow-
ered to avail themselves of such provisions at any time. That
it shall be the duty of the officials of this State to solicit the
co-operation of the various bureaus of the United States Gov-
ernment in prosecuting drainage and the reclamation of agri-
culural lands.

SEC. 27. Be it enacted, That the provisions of this act shall
be liberally construed to promote the ditching, draining, levee-
ing and reclamation of wet and overflowed lands which may be
made available for agriculture, and to encourage the starting
of such enterprises there is hereby established a fund to be
known as the "Drainage District Fund," and the sum of ten
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money that
may be in the State Treasury and not otherwise appropriated,
to be placed to the credit of that fund, from which loans can be
made in sums not to exceed a total of more than two thousand
dollars to any one drainage project for the payment of the
expenses of the surveys, engineer, viewers, advertising and all
other incidental fees and expenses connected with the project
up to time of the establishment of the drainage district, and
the turning over of the work to the Board of Drainage Commis-
sioners. The money thus loaned shall be paid out by the Treas-
urer, when there is money to the credit of this fund, on warrant
of the State Comptroller upon the receipt of an itemized state-
ment or statements so requesting endorsed by the president and
clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of the county in
which the original petition of the particular district was filed.
The funds loaned by the State shall be returned to the treasury
again through the Board of County Commissioners, who shall