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An. Code, 1924, sec. 81. 1912, sec. 79. 1904, sec. 78. 1904, ch. 391, see. 75B.

82. In addition to the manner of collecting money levied for the pur-
pose of cutting, making and opening, or for cleaning out and repairing any
ditch or ditches, or the payment of any damages or expenses, provided by
sections 61 and 80 of this article, the treasurer of any ditch, in case of the
refusal or neglect of any person bound to pay the same for thirty days
after demand for payment thereof by said treasurer, may enter suit in his
name as treasurer for any such money due for taxes or assessment for
ditches made pursuant to this article before a justice of the peace where the
amount due does not exceed one hundred dollars, and before the circuit
court, where the amount due exceeds one hundred dollars, and obtain
judgment therefor as in cases of assumpsit, all such suits to be entered in
the county in which the debtor resides at the time of bringing the suit.
But nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge or affect the right
and power of the treasurer to collect such money in the manner authorized
by said section 80 of this article, if he elect to proceed thereunder.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 82. 1912, sec. 80. 1904, sec. 79. 1904, ch. 391, sec. 75C.

83. Any sale of lands by the treasurer, where the owners are described
as the heirs of a named person, shall pass title as fully as if such heirs
were each named in the proceedings by his full name.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 83. 1912, sec. 81. 1904, sec. 80. 1888, sec. 76. 1870, ch. 382.

84. The provisions of the preceding sections of this article relating to
draining lands shall apply to all lands requiring drainage.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 84. 1912, sec. 81A. 1912, ch. 656, sec. 1.

85. The Board of County Commissioners of any county in the State
of Maryland shall have jurisdiction, power and authority to establish a
levee or drainage district or districts in their county, and to locate and
establish levees, drains or canals, and cause to be constructed, straightened,
widened or deepened any ditch, drain or water course, and to build levees
or embankments and erect tide water gates and pumping plants for the
purpose of draining and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed lands; and it
is hereby declared that the drainage of swamps and the drainage of the
surface water from agricultural lands and the reclamation of tidal marshes
shall be considered a public benefit and conducive to the public health,
convenience, utility and welfare.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 85. 1912, sec. 81B. 1912, ch. 656, sec. 2.

86. Whenever a petition signed by a majority of the resident land-
owners in a proposed drainage district or by the owners of three-fifths of
all the land which will be affected by or assessed for the expense of the
proposed improvements shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners of any county in which a part of said lands are
located, setting forth that any specific body or district of land in the county
and adjoining counties, described in such a way as to convey an intelligent
idea as to the location of such land, is subject to overflow or too wet for
cultivation, and the public benefit or utility or the public health, conve-
nience or welfare will be promoted by draining, ditching or leveeing the
same, or by changing or improving the natural water courses, and setting
forth therein, as far as practicable, the starting point, route and terminus
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