1276 ARTICLE 4.

extra wear and tear imposed upon them since the next preceding inspec-
tion, by such teaming or hauling, and, in said memorandum, the pecu-
niary extent of said injury shall be computed and set forth in dollars and
cents, and, so soon as said memorandum shall be signed by said engineers,
and filed in duplicate as aforesaid, the amount of the pecuniary injury,
so certified, shall at once become due and payable by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore out of the proceeds of the loan hereinafter men-
tioned to the treasurer of Baltimore County, as a fund for the repair of
such injury. In the event of disagreement between said engineers as to
any matter devolved upon them by the terms of this section of this Act,
all the provisions of the next preceding section of this Act, relative to
disagreement between said officers as to the diversion, alteration, closure
or destruction of highways, or bridges of said county, shall likewise be
applicable to said disagreement under this section. Said engineers shall
have plenary power to consider and decide all questions arising in the
discharge of their duties under this section, and shall have the same power
to summon and require the attendance of the witnesses, in connection with
their inquiries under this section, and to have them sworn, as is provided
for in the next preceding section of this Act, and they shall be allowed the
same per diem, and other reasonable expenses, including the same com-
pensation to witnesses; all to be paid by the City of Baltimore. The
powers and duties of the City Engineer under this section may, at any
time, with the consent of the Mayor of Baltimore City, be delegated by
him to one of his assistant engineers, or to some engineer, named by the
persons hereinafter charged with the duty of carrying the work under this
Act into execution.

1908, ch. 214, sec. 11.

826L. That all powers of acquiring land, property or things, for the
purposes of this Act, with or without the consent of the owner, or owners,
hereinbefore conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
shall include the power to acquire land, property, or things, including
corporate franchises of every sort, rights, privileges, or easements, of any
turnpike company, or companies, proprietor or proprietors, but whenever
any turnpike, or toll road or bridge, the use of which is now enjoyed by
the people of Baltimore County, shall be destroyed, or rendered impassable
in whole or in part, by the City of Baltimore, in connection with the work
herein contemplated, it shall be the duty of said city to replace the same,
at its own expense, as nearly as possible with a suitable and convenient
public road or bridge, in lieu thereof, and, if any such existing road, or
part thereof, or bridge or any road, or part thereof, or bridge, so built
in lieu of one so destroyed, be on, or through, property acquired by said
city for purposes contemplated by this Act, it shall be the duty of said
city thereafter, at all times, to maintain the same in good order and
repair for the free use of the public, so far as the same may be on, or
through, said property, subject to such provisions and conditions looking
to maintaining the purity of said city's water supply as the said Mayor