COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 897

An. Code, sec. 81L. 1912, ch. 656, sec. 12.

95. The clerk of the Board of County Commissioners shall provide a
suitable book, to be known as the " Drainage Record," in which he shall
transcribe every petition, motion, order, report, judgment or findings of the
board in every drainage transaction that may come before it in such manner
as to make a complete and continuous record of the case. Copies of all the
maps and profiles are to be furnished by the engineer and marked by the
clerk " Official Copies," which shall be kept on file by him in his office, and
open to inspection.

An. Code, sec. 81M. 1912, ch. 656, sec. 13.

96. After the said drainage district shall have been declared established,
and the survey and plan therefor approved, the Board of County Com-
missioners shall appoint three persons who are freeholders, who shall be
designated as the Board of Drainage Commissioners for that district. These
commissioners shall be appointed subject to the written approval of a
majority of the landowners in the district, and any vacancy occurring shall
be filled in like manner.

The three drainage commissioners when appointed shall be and shall
organize as a corporate body under the name and style of " The Board
of Drainage Commission of.......................District," with the

right to hold property, and convey the same, to sue and be sued, and shall
possess corporate powers. They shall organize by electing from among
their number a chairman and a vice-chairman. They shall elect a secretary
either within or without their body. The treasurer of the county in which
the proceeding was instituted shall be ex officio of such drainage commis-
sioners. Such board of drainage commissioners shall adopt a seal, which
they may alter at pleasure.

An. Code, sec. 81N. 1912, ch. 656, sec. 14.

97. The Board of Drainage Commissioners shall appoint a competent
person as superintendent of construction. Such person shall furnish a bond
to be fixed and approved by the commissioners, conditioned upon the honest
and faithful performance of his duties, such bond to be in favor of the
Board of Drainage Commissioners. They shall fix his compensation, and
may terminate the contract whenever they consider his services no longer
necessary.

An. Code, sec. 81O. 1912, ch. 656, sec. 15.

98. After the classification of lands and the ratio of assessment of the
different classes to be made thereon has been confirmed by the Board of
County Commissioners at the time of the final hearing, and any appeal
that may have been made to the Circuit Court has been adjudicated, the
Board of Drainage Commissioners shall ascertain the total cost of the
improvement, including damages awarded to be paid owners of land. All
costs and incidental expenses, compensation of engineer, viewers and assis-
tants, and also including an amount sufficient to pay the superintendent of
construction, and expenses of the commissioners, and the necessary expenses
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