ART. 25] DRAINING LANDS. 783

1904, art. 25, sec. 71. 1888, art. 25, sec. 70. 1860, art. 28, sec. 99. 1847, ch. 250.

72. The county commissioners or circuit court for the county in
which such proceedings may be pending, at any time before a final
decision is made, may, upon application of any party thereto, grant
leave, in their discretion, to said party to amend the petition, or any
part of the proceedings thereunder that may be defective or informal,
so as to bring the merits of the case before said county commissioners
or circuit court or jury for trial, and may award costs, in their discre-
tion, according to the right of the matter.

Ibid. sec. 72. 1888, art. 25, sec. 71. 1860, art. 28, sec. 100.
1858, ch. 271, sec. 19. 1906, ch. 137.

73. Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any determination of
the county commissioners, or by any proceedings had under this article
relating to drains, may appeal to the circuit court for the county in
which such determination was made or proceedings were had, and shall
be entitled to trial by jury, at the election of either party; provided,
such appeal shall be taken within thirty days from the day such deter-
mination was made or such proceedings were had; and the judgment
rendered thereupon shall be final between the parties thereto.

Cited but not construed in Miles v. Stevenson, 80 Md. 367.

See art. 5, sections 84 and 85.

Ibid. sec. 73. 1888, art. 25, sec. 72. 1860, art. 28, sec. 101.
1858, ch. 271, sec. 20.

74. If any ditch shall be cut across any public road, so as to incom-
mode travel, the managers shall erect good and sufficient bridges, not
less than twelve feet wide, over the same, where it crosses the road, and
shall keep the same in good repair; and if they refuse or neglect so to
do, the supervisor having charge of said road shall erect or repair such
bridge and return an account of the expenses thereof, under oath, to
the county commissioners, who shall place the same in the hands of the
sheriff of said county; and the said sheriff shall proceed to collect the
same from the managers, in the same manner as other county charges
are collected, and pay the same to the said county commissioners, for
the use of the county.

Ibid. sec. 74. 1888, art. 25, sec. 73. 1867, ch. 127, sec. 102.
1906, ch. 137.

75. The commissioners appointed by the county commissioners to
locate, lay off, open, enlarge, straighten, clean out, repair or extend any
ditch, or to make any assessment for the use and maintenance of any
ditch, before proceeding to do so, shall give at least ten days' previous
notice of their intention to proceed with the execution of their commis-
sion, by notice set up at four public places in the neighborhood of said
ditch, and by notice inserted in a newspaper published in each county in
which lands taxed for the said ditch are situated.