ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1305

ing or hauling, in connection with said work, and shall there-
upon draw up a memorandum, in writing, one duplicate where-
of shall be filed and kept in the office of the County Commis-
sioners of such county, and the other duplicate whereof shall
be filed and kept in the office of the Comptroller of Baltimore
City, certifying to the precise condition, at that time, in point
of repair in their opinion, of all such roads, and portions of
roads, and of all such bridges, and thereafter, at regular inter-
vals of six months, there shall be a similar inspection by said
officers of all such roads, and portions of roads, and of all such
bridges, and immediately after such inspection, said engineers
shall, in like manner, draw up a similar memorandum, in writ-
ing, duplicates whereof shall be filed and kept in like manner
as aforesaid, certifying in precise terms to the physical and
pecuniary extent, to which, in their opinion, such roads and
portions of roads, and such bridges shall have been injured by
reason of the extra wear and tear imposed upon them since the
next preceding inspection, by such teaming or hauling, and, in
said memorandum, the pecuniary extent of said injury shall be
computed and set forth in dollars and cents, and, so soon as
said memorandum shall be signed by said engineers, and filed
in duplicate as aforesaid, the amount of the pecuniary injury, so
certified, shall at once become due and payable by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore out of the proceeds of the loan
hereinafter mentioned to the treasurer of the county affected,
as a fund for the repair of such injury. In the event of dis-
agreement between said engineers as to any matter devolved
upon them by the terms of this section of. this Act, all the pro-
visions of the next preceding section of this Act, relative to dis-
agreement between said officers as to the diversion, alteration,
closure or destruction of highways or bridges, shall likewise be
applicable to said disagreement under this section. Said engi-
neers shall have plenary power to consider and decide all ques-
tion arising in the discharge of their duties under this section,
and shall have the same power to summon and require the at-
tendance of witnesses, in connection with their inquiries under
this section, and to have them sworn, as is provided for in the next
preceding section of this Act, and they shall be allowed the same
per diem and other reasonable expenses, all to be paid by the
City of Baltimore.

The powers and duties of the Chief Engineer of Baltimore
City under, this section may, at any time, with the consent of
the Mayor of Baltimore, be delegated by him to one of his as-
sistant engineers, or such powers may be exercised and duties
performed by some third party to be named by the municipal
agency hereinafter charged with the duty of carrying the work
under this Act into execution. The powers conferred and the
duties imposed by this section upon the Roads Engineer of any