ART. 3. ] BALTIMORE COUNTY. 491

reason of its disrepair prior to its actual acceptance as a county
road. And it is further provided that when a county road so
opened, altered or relocated cannot be conveniently drained by
ditches or drains alongside the same, the examiners so ap-
pointed as aforesaidt shall have the power to provide for such
drains upon the property outside the limits thereof, and to pro-
vide for carrying off the surface water to the nearest or most
convenient place of discharge, and shall in making their esti-
mates of the cost of said road include reasonable compensation
to the person whose property is so used, and award such com-
pensation as a part of the damages, and assess the same as a
part of the benefits arising from the construction of said road,
and report their action in the premises to the Commission as a
part of their return and award; and whether such be specific-
ally returned or not, the examiners shall, in their return and
award, be deemed to have taken into consideration the damage
to abutting property which may arise from all proper and nec-
essary drainage of. said road at the time of its construction or
any time thereafter; provided that no provision as aforesaid
shall be made for draining surface water from said roads over
or across the property of any person who has not had notice of
the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard and appeal as
hereinbefore provided. And in all cases where roads are here-
after dedicated to the use of the public by private grant, such
grants shall be taken to carry with them the right at all times
to properly drain such highways without liability to abutting
owners for injuries occasioned in consequence thereof. The
Highways Commission shall also have the power at any time,
of its own volition and without a petition being filed as herein-
before provided, to open, alter, relocate or close any county
road, upon giving notice by publication of its intention so to do
as hereinbefore provided in case of petition, and thereafter
taking the same proceedings herein provided for other cases,
with like instructions as to notice and 'provisions for the ap-
pointment of examiners, the taking of appeals, etc.

355. The building and repair of all bridges in Baltimore
county shall be under the control of the Highways Commission
of Baltimore county, and the sole power to agree and contract
with the proper authorities of contiguous counties as to the
construction and maintenance of bridges over dividing streams,
and with railroad or other corporations as to the construction
and maintenance of bridges at highway crossings, is hereby
vested in such Commission. Whenever said Commission shall
be of opinion that the public convenience requires the erection
of a new bridge, or that an old bridge is in need of extensive or
an unknown amount of repairs, it shall require the Roads Engi-
neer to make plans, drawings, specifications and estimate of the