430 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 25.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 28, sec. 26. 1853, ch. 220, sec. 6.

97. If no objection be made to the return of the examiners at
the meeting of the county commissioners next succeeding the
meeting at which said return shall be made, the county commis-
sioners may proceed to pass judgment thereon, and affirm or
reject the same, or order it to be amended, in their discretion, or
may continue over the proceedings to their next meeting, and so

on from time to time, so long as they may think proper.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1853, ch. 220, sec 12.

98. The examiners shall be entitled to a compensation for their

services and attendance not exceeding two dollars a day, to be
ascertained by the county commissioners, which, with all charges
arising from the survey or attendance of witnesses or other ex-
penses, shall, in the discretion of the county commissioners, be
paid by the petitioners, or levied, collected and paid by the county,
or apportioned between the petitioners and the county, as hereto-
fore directed.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1853, ch. 220, sec. 10.

99. In all cases where the county commissioners shall adjudge
that a road be opened or altered, they shall, at the usual time for
levying taxes, levy on the assessable property of the county a
sum sufficient to open or alter said road, and also sufficient to pay
the damages awarded, if it shall have been adjudged that the
damages be paid by the county, or such proportion of the said
sums as shall have been adjudged to be paid by the county; and
it shall be the duty of the county commissioners to open or alter
the road as soon as it can conveniently be done.

Private Roads.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 28, sec 29. 1834, ch 253, sec. 1.

100. Any owner of any lands in this State has the right to a
road and way to and from his land to places of public worship
and mills, market towns, public ferries and court houses, and
may obtain a private road or way by application to the county
commissioners.

Greenwood v. Stoner, 3 H & J 435. Wright v. Freeman, 5 H & J. 467.
Owens v. Worthington, 10 O & J 283 Savage Manfg Co v. Owings, 3 Gill,
497. Pue v. Pue, 4 Md. Ch. Dec 386. McTavish v. Carroll, T Md. 352.