418 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 25.

case the county commissioners, upon proof that the required
notice has been given, shall be authorized and are directed to
appoint such managers and treasurer.

P. G. L, (1860,) art 28, sec. 77. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 7.

48. The managers, for the time being, shall annually there-
after in the same manner, call a meeting for the same purpose on
the first Saturday in March.

Ibid. sec. 78. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 8.

49. The said commissioners shall deliver to the treasurer, a
statement of the taxes levied for making said ditches, with the
sums which each person is bound to pay; and such tax or assess-
ment, made and returned to and confirmed by the county com-
missioners, shall remain in full force for the term of five years
from such confirmation, and shall be the proportion or basis upon
which other and further taxes may be levied by the managers for
all necessary purposes, for cutting and making, or for cleansing
and repairing such ditches.

Ibid. sec. 79. 1858, ch. 271, sec.,8. 1878, ch. 478.

50. After the lapse of five years, a new assessment may be
had by application of a majority of the taxables to the county
commissioners of one of the counties in which said lands are situ-
ated, in which case the county commissioners in the county in
which application shall first be made, shall have jurisdiction for
the purpose of the enlargement, straightening, cleansing out, re-
pairing or extending such ditch or ditches, and shall thereupon
proceed to appoint a commission of judicious and impartial free-
holders, as hereinbefore provided, for the locating and opening
of a ditch or ditches, who shall make an assessment and return of
their proceedings, in the manner hereinbefore provided, which
shall be subject to an order of review as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 80. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 9. 1878, ch. 478.

51. The managers selected and chosen as aforesaid, shall pro-
ceed to cut, make, open, straighten, enlarge, clean out, and repair,
and extend, as the case may be, said ditch or ditches located and
laid ont, or to be located, laid out or extended as aforesaid, and