1832.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 180.

delivered to the treasurer for the time being, and the other
shall be retained by the said managers; and such assess-
ments and lists shall be final and conclusive upon all par-

Such assessment

final

ties; and furthermore, it shall, be the duty of the said
managers, and they are hereby empowered and required to
carry into full effect, all the directions of the said company,
which may or shall be given as aforesaid, for which pur-
pose the said managers shall have power to employ work-

Powers of the

managers.

men, and to contract for such materials as may be neces-
sary for completing the work assigned to them, at the
common expense of the company, and each manager shall
have power to employ workmen at the common expense
of the company, for the purpose of accomplishing the
directions of the said company in relation to any such
ditch or ditches as aforesaid, as may or shall have been
assigned to them in particular, and for all hire, wages,
and expenses in and about said work, the said managers

Payments regula-

ted

shall draw orders on the Treasurer for the time being;
Provided, however, that orders for the payment of hire,
wages, and expenses, in and about any work or mat-
ter, the superintendence of which shall have been assigned
to any one or more of the said managers by the company
aforesaid, shall be drawn by such manager or managers
alone. Every order shall specify the services, wages, or
expense, for which it shall be drawn, and an exact account
shall be kept by the managers, of all orders drawn
by them, and of each manager, of all orders drawn by
him, and such accounts shall also specify the service,
wages, and expense for which each order shall have been
drawn; and said accounts shall be laid before the annual or
other meetings of said company as said company may direct.

Superintendences

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
each manager to superintend and have care of such ditch
or ditches, or parts of ditches, as shall be by the said com-
pany assigned to him, and to keep the same well scoured
and cleaned from obstructions.

Penalty for ob-

strucing drains

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons
shall wilfully fill up, or in any manner obstruct the ditch or
ditches aforesaid, or any of them, or any part of them
within this State, every such person shall pay to the said
company, threefold the amount of the damages occasioned
thereby, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of
Caroline or Queen Ann's counties aforesaid, if not ex-
ceeding in the whole, fifty dollars, as debts of like amount
are recoverable in this State, and if exceeding that sum,
in such manner as debts over fifty dollars are recoverable
in this Slate.