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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 136

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 22, 1906.

CHAPTER 137.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
71, 73 and 74 of Article 25 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, title "County Commissioners," sub-
title "Draining Lands," (being Sections 72, 74 and 75 of
Article 25 in the codification of the Public General Laws
of Maryland, made by John Prentiss Poe in 1904).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 71, 73 and 74 of Article 25 of the Code

Repeal and
re-enact.

of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "County Com-
missioners," sub-title "Draining Lands," (being Sections 72,
74 and 75 of Article 25 in the codification of the Public
General Laws of Maryland, made by John Prentiss Poe in
1904) be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, so as to read as follows :

71. Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any deter-

Appeal, may be
taken.

mination of the County Commissioners, or by any proceed-
ings had under this Article relating to drains, may appeal to
the Circuit Court for the county in which such determination
was made or proceedings were had, and shall be entitled to
trial by jury, at the election of either party; provided, such
appeal shall be taken within thirty days from the day such
determination was made or such proceedings were had; and
the judgment rendered thereupon shall be final between the
parties thereto.

73. The commissioners appointed by the County Com-

Ten days'
notice to be
given.

missioners to locate, lay off, open, enlarge, straighten, clean
out, repair or extend any ditch, or to make any assessment
for the use and maintenance of any ditch, before proceeding
to do so, shall give at least ten days' previous notice of their
intention to proceed with the execution of their commission,
by notice set up at four public places in the neighborhood
of said ditch, and by notice inserted in a newspaper pub-
lished in each county in which lands taxed for the said ditch
are situated.