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INDEX

		Art.	Sec.
	County Commissioners — Cont'd:
	Draining Lands — Cont'd:
	Appeal to County Commission-
	ers ........................	25	115
	Appeal to court ................	25	76, 130
	Assessment rolls or drainage tax
	lists; how assessments col-
	lected and paid over; lien;
	sale .......................	25	100
	Assessments of benefits and dam-
	ages:
	Application for order of review
	of by aggrieved party; action
	of commissioners thereon ....	25	47
	Assessments, benefits, appeals,
	etc. .......................	25	114-115
	Assessments and taxes levied for
	ditches to be liens on real
	estate ......................	25	81
	Benefits levied used in making
	ditches and payment of dam-
	ages and costs of commission.	25	45
	Benefits to public roads or rail-
	roads ; how assessed .........	25	101
	Bids; contractor's bond.......	25	107
	Board of viewers; surveys; re-
	port ; map ................	25	87
	List of to be delivered to
	treasurer; to remain in force
	ten years as basis of assess-
	ments .....................	25	54
	New assessment may be had
	after five years by like pro-
	ceedings ...................	25	55
	Persons assessed may discharge
	assessment by work and la-
	bor, except as provided .....	25	59
	Bonds, issue and sale of; prepay-
	ment by land owner; man-
	damus ; official bonds liable ...	25	105, 106
			110
	Bridges; over drainage ditches..	25	77, 131
	Clerk of county commissioners;
	duties and compensation.......	25	70
	Compensation of engineers, view-
	ers, drainage commissioners,
	etc..........................	25	109
	Construction of law; drainage dis-
	trict fund ; loans.............	25	111
	Cost and damages to be ascer-
	tained ; interest ............	25	99
	Damages ; benefits ; how assessed ;
	classes .....................	25	90,91
	Ditches:
	Commissioners to lay out
	ditches for, where owners
	cannot agree, are under dis-
	ability or non-resident ....	25	39
	Per diem of commissioners...	25	69
	Vacancy in commission; how
	filled ....................	25	71
	What commissioners have
	jurisdiction to appoint
	commissioners ; appoint-
	ment thereof ............	25	39
	Ditches crossing public roads ;
	bridges to be built; duty of
	supervisor on failure of man-
	agers to erect bridge ........	25	77

		Art.	Sec.
	County Commissioners — Cont'd:
	Draining Lands — Cont'd:
	Ditches — Cont'd :
	Ditches to remain open indefi-
	nitely; when not begun in
	two years or not completed
	in seven, order and return
	void .......................	25	67
	Exception as to Dorchester
	County in plan for voting of
	taxables ...................	25	51
	Lateral or cross ditches; when
	taxable may construct ;
	proviso ..................	25	64
	Applicant therefor to pay
	cost of and damages
	awarded to injured persons	25	65
	When intervening owner shall
	contribute to cost of .......	25	66
	Managers of ditches, duties and
	powers of ................	25	56
	Annual meetings of .........	25	53
	Payments by, how made.......	25	58
	Per diem of managers .......	25	70
	To keep account of expendi-
	tures and report thereon...	25	57
	Mill dams, legal water rights,
	etc., not to be disturbed....	25	72
	Obstruction of ditches ; penalty ;
	permissible stock barriers...	25	68
	Proceedings of commissioners in
	laying out ditches ........	25	40
	Damages awarded to persons
	owning lands injured by
	ditch ; when paid .........	25	43
	Ditches already located, may
	be adopted by commis-
	sioners; requirements ....	25	46
	Estimate of cost and appor-
	tionment of benefits.......	25	41
	Guardian of interested minor
	to be appointed............	25	73
	Inspection of lands by; to
	lay out ditches by specified
	courses, distances, depths,
	etc. .....................	25	40
	Notice of to be given .......	25	78
	Notice of, to non-residents...	25	74
	Persons whose lands are im-
	proved to contribute to cost
	of ditches; tax for benefits
	to be assessed ............	25	44
	Qualification of commis-
	sioners ..................	25	40
	Report to commissioners;
	what to contain ........	25	42
	Commissioners to set day
	for hearing objections
	to report or return or
	ratification thereof .....	25	79
	Notice of such hearing;
	how given ...........	25	79
	Surveyor, compensation of ...	25	70
	Surveyor to assist commis-
	sioners ..................	25	40
	Provisions hereunder to apply
	to all lands requiring drain-
	age ........................	25	84
	Somerset County; sections 54
	and 55 not to apply to .....	25	54