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agers shall be composed of one manager from each
of said counties.
SEC. 79. After the lapse of five years a new as-	New assess--
sessment may be had by application of a majority	ment — how
of the taxables to the County Commissioners of	made.
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 en-
largement, straightening, cleansing out, repairing or extending such ditch or ditches, who shall thereupon
proceed to appoint a commissioner of judicious and impartial freeholders, as hereinbefore provided, for
the locating and opening of a ditch or ditches, who
shall make such assessment and return of their pro-
ceedings in the manner hereinbefore provided, which
shall be subject to an order of review as aforesaid.
SEC. 80. And be it enacted, 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	Employ- ditchers.
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 neces-
sary for the purpose.
Approved April 5, 1878.

CHAPTER 479.
AN ACT for the protection of the records and papers
of the Court of Common Pleas in Baltimore city.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Clerk of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas in Baltimore city be and he is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to appoint a night watch-	Appoint
man, whose duty it shall be to strictly and vigilantly	night watch-
guard throughout the year the records and papers	man.