736 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 25

should be appointed to view the grounds for the purpose of
opening, altering or closing a road, they shall appoint three
persons as examiners, who shall be freeholders in the county,
and not interested in or holding lands through which the road
is proposed to be opened, altered or closed; but the appoint-
ment of examiners shall not prevent the said county commis-
sioners at any time thereafter from contracting with the owner
or owners, as above provided; and the county commissioners
of any county are authorized, when the county roads
cannot be conveniently drained by drains along the said county
roads, to make the same upon the property outside the limits
thereof; and they shall contract for the lands that may be
required for that purpose, as above provided, or they may
proceed to condemn the lands that may be necessary for the
purpose under the provisions of sections 360 to 365, both
inclusive of article 23, title Corporations.
Gist v. Owens, 95 Md. 305.

1888, art. 25, sec. 87. 1860, art. 28, sec. 16. 1853, ch, 220, sec. 4.

91. The said examiners before they proceed to act as such
shall take an oath to execute the trust reposed in them by the
commission to them issued, faithfully and without favor,
affection or partiality; which oath shall be endorsed on the
commission and returned therewith.
Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 88. 1860, art. 28, sec. 17. 1853, ch. 220, sec. 3.

92. They, or a majority of them, after giving thirty days'
notice in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, shall meet on the
premises and proceed to examine and determine whether the
public convenience requires that the road should be opened,
altered or closed, as the case may be.

Ibid.

Ibid sec. 89. 1860, art. 28, sec. 18. 1853, oh. 220, sec. 3.

93. If the application be for opening or altering a road,
they shall proceed to locate the same in such manner as will,
in their judgment, best promote the public convenience, and
shall cause a plot of the same, and also of the old road, where
the application is to alter or close a road, to be made out, and
shall return the same, together with a full report of their pro-
ceedings, under their hands, to the county commissioners, with
the reasons on which their opinions are founded.
Ibid.