1278 ARTICLE 4.

engineer skilled in the construction or maintenance of highways and
bridges, to be selected by the Governor of Maryland, on the application of
either of said engineers, in the event of their being unable to agree on
such third person, the decision of any two of the board thus selected to
be binding on the parties, and to be final and conclusive, unless impeached
for fraud as aforesaid. But nothing iu this Act shall be taken as obliging
said city to replace any road or part of a road, or any bridge, or a turn-
pike company or turnpike companies, proprietor or proprietors, if in the
opinion of said engineers, the purpose thereof will be reasonably answered,
so far as the public convenience is concerned, by a road or bridge con-
structed, or required to be constructed by way of replacement by said city
under the provisions of Section 9 of this Act, relating to the diversion,
alteration, closure or destruction of public roads or bridges of Baltimore
County, nor as obliging said city to replace any public road, or part of a
road, or bridge of Baltimore County, under Section 9 of this Act, if in
the opinion of said engineers, the purpose thereof will be reasonably an-
swered, so far as the public convenience is concerned by a road or bridge
constructed, or required to be constructed by way of replacement by said
city, under the provisions of this section of this Act.

1908, ch. 214, ch. 12.

826M. That upon the completion of the storage lake herein contem-
plated, and forever thereafter until such time as Baltimore City's popu
lation and needs require the entire water supply, which said city is enti-
tled to draw from the Gunpowder River, the inhabitants of Baltimore
County shall be entitled to the use of not more than ten millions of gal-
lons of water per day from such lake, this allotment to include all water
supplied directly by said city to consumers or users in Baltimore County,
now or hereafter, through the water mains of said city or through any
mains or conduits which may be or become a part of it, or be or become
connected with, the reservoirs, pumping stations, or water distribution
system of said city. In case it shall be at any time conclusively demon-
strated to the County Commissioners of Baltimore County that there is
no other adequate and proper water supply for the residents of any por-
tion of the county making application therefor, said commissioners shall
have the right to adopt such measures as they may deem expedient to
draw from said lake, and distribute any part or all, the remainder of said
allotment of ten millions of gallons of water per day, the said County
Commissioners to pay or cause to be paid to said Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore such sums as may be agreed upon between them; the same
not to exceed the rate of one-half cent per one thousand gallons actually
withdrawn. Said County Commissioners shall further have the right and
power to use in perpetuity sufficient land near such lake or reservoir upon
which to locate a pumping station or stations, together with conduit con-
nections from said lake or reservoir to a well or wells, or suction well or
wells, or reservoir, on said property and other facilities, including rights
of way for all necessary purposes to the nearest public highway or high-