332 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 161

such determination was made or proceedings were had, and shall
be entitled to trial by jury, at the election of either party; pro-
vided, 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 be:
tween the parties thereto.

SEC. 43. And be it further enacted, That if any ditch shall
cut across any public road, so as to incommodate travel, the
managers shall erect good and sufficient bridges, not less than
twelve feet wide, over the same, where it crosses the road, and
shall keep the same in good repair; and if they refuse or neglect
so to do, the supervisor having charge of said road shall erect
or repair such bridge and return an account of the expenses
thereof, tinder oath, to the county commissioners, who shall
place the same in the hands of the sheriff of the county, and
the said sheriff shall proceed to collect the same from the man-
agers, in the same manner as other county charges are collected,

-and pay the same to the said county commissioners, for the use

of the county.

SEC. 44. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners
appointed by the county commissioners to locate, lay off, open
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 of the neigh-
borhood of said ditch, and by notice inserted in a newspaper
published in the county in which lands taxed for the said ditch
are situated.

SEC. 45. And be it further enacted, That the county com-
missioners shall, at their first meeting after receiving any re-
port or return of any such ditch commissioners, appoint a day
to hear objections to such report or return, and to correct,
ratify and confirm, or reject the same; and they shall give at
least twenty days' previous notice of the time and place of such
hearing in a newspaper published in the county in which lands
taxed for the said ditch are situated, and by written or printed
notice mailed to each taxable named in such report or return.

SEC. 46. And be it further enacted, That partition or line
ditches between the adjoining lands of different proprietors, now
existing, or which may hereafter be established by mutual con-