958 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

across such railroad or public or private road, at the place in
question, by another grade, or over or under grade crossing,
and upon such determination to make such changes in grade
and construction of such public road as may be necessary
for such overgrade or undergrade crossing, as the case may be,
and to construct and provide for the construction of such
bridges, archways or culverts as may be needed for such over-
grade or undergrade crossings, and to provide, by contract or
otherwise, for the maintenance thereof. Said County Com-
missioners shall have power to determine, after such reason-
able opportunity as it may fix, for notice to all persons or cor-
porations in interest, how much, if any, of the cost of the work
made necessary by such change of grade, or the cost of the con-
struction or maintenance of such overgrade or undergrade
crossing, or of such bridges, archways or culverts as may be
needful therefor, shall be borne by the county, and how much
of the same in each instance shall be borne by any person or
persons, corporation or corporations, so as aforesaid in inter-
est.

In order that any claim or claims of adjoining property
owners may be fairly dealt with, the said County Commission-
ers shall have power, on presentation of such claim, after such
reasonable notice as they may fix, to the claimants and all
other parties interested, to determine such claim or claims,
and fix the amount thereof, and at the same time to determine
what part thereof, if any, shall be paid by the several parties
interested and benefited by such change, and to compel pay-
ments of the amounts so assessed in the same manner as assess-
ments are collected in the case of the opening of new roads
or condemnation as provided by this Article, the parties so
assessed or interested to have the right to appeal from the
order of the said Commissioners, as herein provided.

177p. Said County Commissioners, in addition to their
other powers and duties under this Act, shall have full charge
and control of all sewers, drains and ditches used in connec-
tion with the public highways, roads, streets, avenues, lanes
and alleys of the county, and shall keep the same in proper
order and repair. Whenever it shall become necessary, in their
discretion, to lay out or construct a sewer, drain or ditch
across or under the property of any individual or corporation
for the purpose of draining the surface water from any public
highway heretofore existing or hereafter dedicated by grant,
condemned or declared to be a public highway, as provided in
this Act, said County Commissioners shall have the power to
lay out and construct the same in the same manner and subject
to the same provisions and restrictions, so far as the same may