WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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property consent to the opening of such water

course, or if such owner or owners and the said

county commissioners shall agree upon the value

and price to be paid for the same, then such con-

sent and agreement, shall be entered on the books

of the said county commissioners, and such water

course shall be opened; but if they cannot agree,

and the said county commissioners decide that the

opening of such water course is necessary to drain

said road, they shall authorize the said supervisor

Disagreement

or contractor to summon a jury of twelve men to

— how settled.

value and condemn the said water course, deduct-

ing from their estimate the value, if any, that such

water course will be to the owner or owners of

said property through which it shall pass, and as

soon as the money for such water course is ten-

dered to the owner or owners of said private pro-

perty, the said supervisor or contractor shall im-

mediately cause such water course to be opened.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 437.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments

section one of chapter three hundred and eighteen

of the acts of the General Assembly of eighteen

hundred and eighty, entitled " An act to fix the

compensation of the sheriff of Montgomery coun-

ty for keeping and boarding prisoners committed

to the jail of said county."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That section one of chapter three

hundred and eighteen of the acts of the General

Assembly of eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled

Repealed and

"An act to fix the compensation of the sheriff of

re- enacted.

Montgomery county for keeping and boarding pris-

oners committed to the jail of said county," he and

the same is hereby repealed and re-en acted so as to

read as follows :

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