1066 DORCHESTER COUNTY. [ART. 10,

1878, ch. 477.

277. Whenever the supervisor shall fined it necessary to open
a water course through private property, to secure the proper
drainage of any public road, he shall so inform the county com-
missioners ; and if the owner of said private property consents to
the opening of such water course, or he and they can agree upon
the value and price to be paid for the same, then such consent or
agreement shall be entered on the commissioners' books, and such
water course shall be opened; but if they cannot agree, and the
Commissioners decide that the opening of such water course is
necessary to drain said road, they shall authorize the supervisor
to summon a jury of twelve men to value and condemn the said
water course, deducting from their estimate the value, if any, that
such water course will be to the owner of said land through
which it shall pass; and as soon as the money for such drainage
is tendered to the owner, the supervisor shall open such water
course.

Ibid.

278. Any supervisor who shall fail in the performance of any
of his duties, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and any
person damaged or delayed on account of the bad or dangerous
condition of the roads, may report the same, under oath, to a
justice of the peace of the election district in which he is super-
visor, and the justice to whom such report is made shall issue his
warrant in the name of the State for such supervisor so reported,
to be directed to some constable of the district, directing him to
bring such supervisor before him for trial; and if, upon trial, it
shall appear that such public roads over which he is supervisor
are in a bad or dangerous condition, owing to his neglect of any
of the duties prescribed in this sub-title of this article, and suck
neglect was not caused by sickness of himself or family, then the
justice of the peace shall fine the supervisor not less than five
dollars nor more than ten dollars and costs; provided, that in all
cases when fines shall be imposed under this section, any super-
visor feeling himself aggrieved may-appeal to the circuit court, as
in other cases, provided he shall, within ten days, enter into bond
with security, for fifty dollars, to prosecute his appeal with effect.