CAROLINE COUNTY. 1701

1904, ch. 644, sec. 213B.

536. Whenever the County Road Engineer shall find it necessary to

open an outlet or watercourse through private property in Caroline Coun-
ty to secure proper drainage of any public road therein, he shall forth-
with so inform the County Commissioners of said county, and if the
owners of such property consent to the opening of such outlet or water-
courses, and if such owners and the said County Commissioners shall
agree upon the value and price to be paid for the same, then such con-
sent and agreement shall be entered on the books of the Commissioners,
and such outlet or water-course shall be opened by the said County Road
Engineer, but if the owner and the County Commissioners shall have
such power and authority to condemn the land for such outlet or water-
course as is now or hereafter may be conferred by the Code of Public
General Laws of the State of Maryland for condemning public highways,
and shall appoint three examiners to go over such proposed outlet or
water-course for such drainage who, or a majority of whom, shall esti-
mate the damage to the owner or owners of the land through which said

outlet or water-course is tendered to the owner of said private property,
the said County Road Engineer shall immediately cause such outlet or
water-course to be opened; said County Road Engineer shall furnish
said examiners with a plat showing the proposed location and profile of

such outlet or water-course; and for the purpose of making such plat and
profile the said County Road Engineer is authorized to go upon any pri-
vate property through which said proposed outlet or water-course shall
pass and to make whatever survey or surveys that he may deem necessary
for such purpose; provided, that any such outlet or water-course shall
not be opened so as to pass through the buildings, gardens, yard or burial
grounds of any person without the consent of the owner in writing.

1910, ch. 198, sec. 213C (p. 674).

537. From and after the passage of this Act the County Road Engi-
gineer of Caroline County shall, on or before the tenth day of April, in
the year 1910, and on or before the first day of March in every year
thereafter, make up a schedule of the public roads and bridges to be
worked, repaired or rebuilt during that year, and the extent of the work
and repairs to be done thereon, and present same to the County Com-
missioners, the total amount of said schedule not to exceed ninety per

cent, of the amount levied for such purposes. The remainder of ten per
cent, of the said road levy to be kept in reserve for use in making such
temporary repairs to any and all other roads and bridges in said county
as the safety and convenience of public travel may require. And pro-
vided further, that nothing in this Act shall be taken or construed to
interfere with, or relate to, any contract work of any of the roads or
bridges in said county now or hereafter to be entered into by said Com-
missioners.