312 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the purpose of supplementing the powers of condemnation
now conferred upon said Commission; of authorizing said
Commission to make such changes as may be deemed desir-
able in the projected location of State roads; and to regulate
the use of the State roads when constructed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following three new sections be and they are
hereby added to Article 91 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland (1904), title "Surveyor and State Survey," sub-
title "Public Roads," to come in before Section 33 of said Ar-
ticle and subtitle, to be numbered Section 32w, Section 32x
and Section 32Y, and to read as follows:

32w. Whenever, for the purpose of building a new road or
widening any existing road or crossing the tracks of any rail-
road, it shall become necessary to condemn any land or water
or any interest in, under or over the same which the State
Roads Commission is authorized to acquire under the preceding
sections of this Article, it shall and may be lawful for said
Commission to proceed as follows: The Commission shall cause
to be prepared a preliminary report, with such plat or plats as
may be necessary and showing: (a) The description, quantity
and nature of the property to be taken; (b) the amount of
damages awarded therefor; (c) the amount of benefits assessed
to the adjoining land (which shall not exceed the damages
awarded and costs of condemnation), and which in case of a
railroad crossing shall be governed by the section of this Act
for such cases provided; (d) the names of the persons inter-
ested in the property taken or benefited, with their respective
estates and interests therein (and if any such estates or inter-
ests shall belong to the unknown heirs of any deceased owner,
the report shall so state); (e) and the damages and benefits
awarded or assessed to each. Upon completion of such report
the State Roads Commission shall, by an advertisement in-
serted twice successively in one or more newspapers published
in the county where the land lies, give notice to the parties
interested (naming them) that such preliminary report is open
to inspection at the office of the Commission, and that during
a period of fifteen days from the date of the first publication
of such notice the Commision will hear objections and make
such corrections as may be proper. After the expiration of said
period of fifteen days a final report, including such plat or plats
as may be necessary, shall by the Commission be deposited with
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county in which the prop-
erty to be taken lies; and thereupon the Commission shall, by
advertisement inserted three times successively in one OB more
newspapers published in said county, give notice to the parties
interested (naming them) that such final report has been de-