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An. Code, 1924, sec. 31. 1912, sec. 30. 1904, sec. 29. 1888, sec. 29. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

32. The examiners, during the progress of the work and up to its com-
pletion, shall at any time have full authority to examine and direct the
same, and when completed shall receive the same and open it for public
use, and notify the commissioners of their respective counties thereof; and
the said commissioners shall thereupon pay or levy for their respective pro-
portions of the cost of the said work according to the contract.

See notes to sec. 22.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 32. 1912, sec. 31. 1904, sec. 30. 1888, sec. 30. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 7.

33. If the examiners on the part of adjoining counties cannot agree
as to the relative amount each county shall pay of the cost and expense
of building or repairing any bridge, they, or a majority of them on the
part of each county, shall each appoint an arbitrator to determine the
matter in dispute; and if the arbitrators cannot agree they shall appoint
an umpire who shall not be a resident of either county, and the award and
determination of the arbitrators or umpire shall be final and conclusive in
the matter submitted.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 33. 1912, sec. 32. 1904, sec. 31. 1888, sec. 31. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 8.

34. Nothing contained in this article shall authorize any county com-
missioners to build or order to be built any drawbridge or any bridge across

a navigable river.

If however the county commissioners are authorized by a subsequent law to build
a bridge over a navigable stream, the procedure pointed out by secs. 22 to 37 must
be followed, unless the subsequent law provides a different procedure. Bembe v. Anne
Arundel County, 94 Md. 332.

See notes to sec. 22.

See art. 23, sec. 157.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 34. 1912, sec. 33. 1904, sec. 32. 1888, sec. 32. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 9.

35. In all cases, upon representation in writing of any citizen or citi-
zens of any county in which the county commissioners may determine to
build or repair any bridge or unite with an adjoining county to build or
repair any bridge between the said adjoining counties filed before a con-
tract for building or repairing has been made that the said determina-
tion of the county commissioners is inexpedient, and desiring an appeal
from such determination, the county commissioners shall grant such appeal
and cease all further proceedings until the appeal is decided by the circuit
court for the county.

If the action of the county commissioners is to be reviewed, it must be done in
conformity with this section, and mandamus does not lie. Bembe v. Anne Arundel
County, 94 Md. 333.

Cited but not construed in Miles v. Stevenson, 80 Md. 367.

See notes to sec. 22.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 35. 1912, sec. 34. 1904, sec. 33. 1888, sec. 33. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 9.

36. Upon such appeal being taken, the county commissioners shall im-
mediately cause to be filed with the clerk of the circuit court all records,
acts, papers and proceedings, or copies thereof which may be required by
the appellant, with full opportunity for him or his counsel to examine the
books and papers of the commissioner relative to the matter; and there-
upon the circuit court shall proceed to try and determine the matter accord-
ing to justice and right, with or without the aid of a jury, as the parties
may agree or the court may order.

Cited but not construed in Miles v. Stevenson, 80 Md. 367.

See notes to sec. 22.