CAROLINE COUNTY. 1541

Dorchester County, and the Comity Commissioners of the aforesaid coun-
ties are hereby directed and empowered to levy upon the assessable prop-
erty of their respective counties such sum of money as may be necessary,
from time to time, to defray the cost of maintenance and repair in the pro-
portion aforesaid.

1910, ch. 502, sec. 6 (p. 682)

53. Upon completion of said bridge that then, by order of the County
Commissioners of the said two counties, the said bridge shall be open to
public travel.

BRIDGE AT DESTON.

1912, ch. 579, sec. 1. 1914, ch. 280.

54. The County Commissioners of Caroline County are hereby author-
ized and empowered in their discretion to move and reconstruct in a sub-
stantial manner the old single-track iron bridge now spanning the Chop-
tank River at Denton (when removed and supplanted by a new bridge at
Denton) to or near a point further up the river known as "Downes
Wharf," on the west side of said river, the object being to connect in a
most direct and practical manner with the county road on the west side
leading from the old brick mill site to Denton, and known as the "River
Road," and on the east to connect with the public road leading from
"Passipees Landing" to the State Road, the exact position to be deter-
mined by the County Commissioners of Caroline County; provided, how-
ever, it shall not be higher up the river than "Passipees Landing" nor fur-
ther down the river than "Downes Wharf"; and the said County Commis-
sioners of Caroline County are hereby empowered and authorized to ac-
quire by condemnation, purchase or otherwise, all the lands and materials
necessary for the removal and reconstruction of said old "single-track iron
bridge," and its abutments, causeways and connections for the convenience
of public travel, and said bridge when so removed and reconstructed shall
be maintained and be kept in proper repair by Caroline County as a free
bridge. In the event of the acquirement of lands and materials as afore-
said by condemnation, the procedure shall be the same as that presented
by Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland for the
condemnation of property by corporations (that is to say, by Sections 331
to 336, both inclusive, of said article, together with all amendments, there-
of or supplements thereto).

1912, ch. 579, sec. 2.

55. The abutments of said bridge and pier and foundation for the
support and action of the draw connected therewith, shall be built in a most
secure and substantial manner; the present draw to be removed with and
considered as a part of the old bridge, and to be so placed in reconstruction
as to afford convenient passage to boats up and down the river, which shall
at all times be open on the approach of vessels, so as not to delay or inter-
rupt their passage.