726 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 25

1888, art. 25, 6ec. 48. 1860, art. 28, sec. 77. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 7.

49. 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. 49. 1660, art. 28, sec. 78. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 8. 1892, ch. 649.

1904, ch. 154.

50. 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
assessment made and returned to and confirmed by the county
commissioners shall remain in full force for the term of ten
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. This section and the
succeeding section not to apply to Somerset county, as to
which a special law exists.

Ibid. sec. 50. 1860, art. 28, sec. 79. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 8 1878, ch. 478.

1904, ch. 154.

61. 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
situated, 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, strightening, cleansing
out, repairing or extending such ditch or ditches, and shall
thereupon proceed to appoint a commission of judicious and
impartial freeholders, as hereinbefore provided, for the locating
and opening of a ditch or ditches, who shall make an assess-
ment and return of their proceedings, in the manner hereinbe-
fore provided, which shall be subject to an order of review as
aforesaid.

Ibid. see. 51. 1860, art. 28, sec. 80. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 9. 1878, ch. 478.
52. The managers selected and chosen as aforesaid shall
proceed to cut, make, open, straighten, enlarge, clean out, and
repair and extend, as the case may be, said ditch or ditches
located and laid out, or to be located, laid out or extended as
aforesaid, and may employ such ditchers or laborers, and do
such other acts as may be necessary for the purpose.