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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

point, opposite, on the north side of said river; pro-

vided that within sixty days from the passage of this

act the said county commissioners shall select two com-

petent and disinterested civil engineers, to whom shall

be referred the plans and specifications for a bridge over

and across said river, now deposited in the office of

the said county commissioners, with directions to

Survey site.

make a careful survey and examination of the site

hereinbefore named and described with reference to said

plans and specifications, and to report to said county

commissioners within thirty days from the date of said

reference as to whether such a bridge as is contem-

plated by the act of eighteen hundred and eighty,

chapter one hundred and sixty-five, and by this sec-

tion, can be constructed in conformity with said plan

and specifications, at said site, for the sum of forty

thousand dollars; and further provided that in case

Disagreement.

of disagreement between the two engineers selected

they are hereby authorized to call in a third, who shall

act as umpire between them; and if the said engineers

and umpire shall report that such bridge can be erected

at the said site for the sum of forty thousand dollars,

Duty of com-

it shall be the duty of the said county commissioners,

missioners.

within twelve months of the receipt of said report, to

cause said bridge to be erected accordingly, but that

such requirement shall be subject to the provisos here-

inafter contained in section two.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in case the two

aforesaid engineers shall determine that a good and

substantial bridge cannot be constructed at the site

Duty of engi-

before named and described for the sum of forty thou-

neers.

sand dollars, that it shall be their duty within sixty

days from the said reference, carefully to inquire and

report to said county commissioners as to the best

available site for such a bridge as is contemplated by

the act of eighteen hundred and eighty, chapter

one hundred and sixty-five, and, by this act, with a

plan and specifications therefor, the cost thereof not

to exceed the sum of forty thousand dollars; and it

shall be the duty of the said county commissioners,

within twelve months of the receipt of such report, to

Erect bridge.

cause to be erected at the site which shall have been

selected such a bridge as is contemplated by the act

of eighteen hundred and eighty, chapter one hundred

and sixty-five, and by this act; provided, first, that

the site so selected shall be approved by the secretary