1226 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 628

based upon the Maryland Coordinate System unless said sur-
vey shall have been based upon said system as herein defined.

30. Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted as
requiring any purchaser or mortgagee to rely wholly on a de-
scription based upon the Maryland Coordinate System as de-
fined in this Act.

31. This Act is exclusive of Baltimore City and in no way
refers to or is connected with the coordinate system used by
the Bureau of Plans and Surveys of Baltimore City.

Survey Stations.

32. That any person duly qualified as an engineer or sur-
veyor and his duly accredited assistants and representatives
may, in the execution of surveys, enter upon any private land
whereon there is a marked survey station for which the hori-
zontal or vertical position has been determined by or under
the direction of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
or as a part of the Maryland Coordinate System, or any other
organization whose survey stations have been established by
or in accordance with the requirements of the State depart-
ment authorized to administer the Maryland Coordinate Sys-
tem, if such entry is for the purpose of utilizing the horizontal
or vertical position data in controlling surveys of land for
cadastral purposes, or for other engineering purposes, private
or public.

33. That the engineer or surveyor, or his duly accredited
assistants or representatives shall do no unnecessary damage
to the property on which a survey station stands. The owner
of the land shall be reimbursed for all damage done in so
entering, the amount of damages to be agreed upon before-
hand and paid promptly upon completion of work at said
survey station. Where the amount of damages to be paid has
not been or cannot be agreed upon beforehand, the party pro-
posing to enter upon said property shall file good and sufficient
bond in the Circuit Court of the county in an amount to be
approved by the court, conditioned for the payment of all
damages and costs when the same are finally ascertained and
fixed. The amount of damages to be paid shall be determined
by three appraisers, residents of the county in which the prop-
erty is located, appointed by the Circuit Court of the county.
The proceedings for the ascertainment of damages shall be in
accordance with the general road laws of the State for the
ascertainment of damages for the taking, injuring or destruc-
tion of property in the laying out and opening of public roads..