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bridges, and immediately after such inspection, said engineers
shall, in like manner, draw up a similar memorandum in
writing, duplicates whereof shall be filed and kept in like
manner as aforesaid, certifying in precise terms to the physi-
cal and pecuniary extent, to which, in their opinion, such roads
and portions of roads, and such bridges shall have been injured
by reason of the extra wear and tear imposed npon them since
the next preceding inspection, by such teaming or hauling, and,
in said memorandum, the pecuniary extent of said injury shall
be computed and set forth in dollars and cents, and, so soon as
said memorandum shall be signed by said engineers, and filed
in duplicate as aforesaid, the amount of the pecuniary injury,
so certified, shall at once become due and payable by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore out of the proceeds of the loan
hereinafter mentioned to the treasurer of Baltimore county,
as a fund for the repair of such injury. In the event of disa-
greement between said engineers as to any matter devolved
upon them by the terms of this section of this Act, all the pro-
visions of the next preceding section of this Act, relative to
disagreement between said officers as to the diversion, altera-
tion, closure or destruction of highways or bridges of said
county, shall likewise be applicable to said disagreement under
this section. Said engineers shall have plenary power to con-
sider and decide all questions arising in the discharge of their
duties under this section, and shall have the same power to
summon and require the attendance of the witnesses, in con-
nection with their inquiries under this section, and to have them
sworn, as is provided for in the next preceding section of this
Act, and they shall be allowed the same per diem, and other
reasonable expenses, including the same compensation to wit-
nesses; all to be paid by the city of Baltimore. The powers
and duties of the City Engineer under this section may, at any
time, with the consent of the Mayor of Baltimore city, be dele-
gated by him to one of his assistant engineers, or to some
engineer, named by the persons hereinafter charged with the
duty of carrying the work under this Act into execution.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all powers of acquir-
ing land, property or things, for the purposes of this Act, with
or without the consent of the owner, or owners, hereinbefore
conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, shall
include the power to acquire land, property, or things, includ-
ing corporate franchises of every sort, rights, privileges, or
easements, of any turnpike company, or companies, proprietor
or proprietors, but whenever any turnpike, or toll, road or
bridge, the use of which is now enjoyed by the people of Balti-
more county, shall be destroyed, or rendered impassable in