3358 ARTICLE 91

The amount of damages to be paid shall be determined by three appraisers,
residents of the county in which the property is located, appointed by the
Circuit Court of the county. The proceedings for the ascertainment of
damages shall be in accordance with the general road laws of the State
for the ascertainment of damages for the taking, injuring or destruction
of property in the laying out and opening of public roads.

1939, ch. 628, sec. 34.

34. Where the engineer or surveyor or his representatives entering
on private property for the purposes stated in Section 32 of this Article,
shall tender damages to owner of said property and said proffer is not
accepted, and the amount of damages determined according to procedure
stated in Section 33 of this Article, shall not exceed amount of damages
so proffered, then all costs in the matter shall be borne by the owner of the
property_; otherwise the cost shall be assessed against the party entering.

1939, ch. 628, sec. 35.

35. If any person shall wilfully injure, deface or destroy the mark
or monument at any survey station established by or under the direction
of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or the State department
administering the Maryland Coordinate System, or by any other organi-
zation whose survey stations have been established by or in accordance
with the requirements of the State department authorized to administer
the Maryland Coordinate System, or by any other State, Municipal or
County agency, or shall offer any obstacles to the proper, reasonable, and
legal use of any such station, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed
two hundred and fifty dollars for each offense and costs, or shall be im-
prisoned for a term of not less than six months, or both, in the discretion
of the court-
Bureau of Control Surveys and Maps.
1939, ch. 628, sec. 36.

36. That a Bureau of Control Surveys and Maps be established in
the Department of Public Works whose functions will be to administer
the laws relating to the Maryland Coordinate System; to extend this system
in Maryland and to take over the duties of the present Maryland Mapping
Agency and extend its activities.

1939, ch. 628, sec. 37.

37. The activities of the Bureau of Control Surveys and Maps shall
be determined by an Advisory Board, consisting of the Chief Engineer
of the State Roads Commission of Maryland, the Chairman of the State
Planning Commission and the Dean of the College of Engineering of the
University of Maryland. The members of this Board shall serve without
compensation, except that they shall be reimbursed for their necessary
traveling expenses.

1939, ch. 628, sec. 38.

38. The Advisory Board of the Bureau of Control Surveys and Maps
shall determine the best location for the establishment of the office of this
Bureau.