48 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 23

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 12 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland (1888 Edi-
tion), title "Garrett County, " sub-title "Roads, " said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 204A, to follow immediately after
Section 204 of said Article, and to read as follows:

204A. Each supervisor of roads of Garrett County shall,
in the case of roads under his supervision, and where in his
discretion necessity exists, have authority to construct any sys-
tem or systems of drain or drains to drain water from the
highways to neighboring lands. Existing drainage systems or
courses are to remain open until altered or closed by order of
the proper supervisor. No unauthorized person shall close
or alter any existing drainage system or course or close or alter
any drainage system or course authorized in the future;
and any person convicted before any Justice of the Peace of
Garrett County for violating any of the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more
than twenty-five dollars ($25). In case of damage to prop-
erty occurring after June 1, 1929, by reason of the existence
of any present or future authorized drainage system, the
County Commissioners of Garrett County shall appoint one
appraiser, the landowner a second, and these two shall appoint
a third. These three appraisers shall appraise the damage to
the property in question and such appraisal shall be final. The
County Commissioners of Garrett County shall upon demand
pay to the damaged person the amount appraised as his dam-

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved March 8, 1929.

CHAPTER 23.

AN ACT to legalize the 1928 edition of the Public Local
Laws of Baltimore County, as compiled by T. Scott Offutt,
and to make the same evidence of the laws purporting to
be contained therein, and to authorize the County Commis-
sioners of Baltimore County to sell copies thereof.