$20 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 537

City, to set aside their findings on such ground. Whenever
-said Engineers may require and determine that the City
of Baltimore shall construct a road to replace any state
road diverted, altered, closed or destroyed, or to be di-
verted, altered closed or destroyed in the course of the
work contemplated by this Act, said City shall have
power to agree with the owners of land, property or things
to be taken or injuriously affected in the construction
thereof, and, in default of agreement, to condemn the
; right-of-way under the provisions of this Act, authorizing
the condemnation of property, land or things for the pur-
poses of this Act, or may, at its election, make application
to the State Roads Commission for the opening or altera-
tion of such state road, in which latter event the proceed-
ings shall be those prescribed by law for the opening or
alteration of state roads, except that no land owner shall
be assessed for any part of the cost thereof, the whole of
such cost to be borne by the City of Baltimore. In the
. event of disagreement between the said Engineers as to
, -any matter devolved upon them by the terms of this
. section, they shall call in as a third arbiter, an engineer
. skilled in the construction or maintenance of highways
and bridges, to be selected by the Governor of Maryland,
on the application of either of said Engineers, in the event
they are unable to agree on such third person, the decision
of any two of the board thus selected to be binding on
the parties, and to be final and conclusive, unless impeached
: for fraud as aforesaid.

The powers and duties of the Chief Engineer of Balti-
more City under this section may, at any time, with the
. consent of the Mayor of Baltimore, be delegated by him
to one of his assistant engineers. The powers conferred
and the duties imposed by this section upon the Chief
Engineer of the State Roads Commission may at any
time, with the consent of the said State Roads Commis-
sion, be delegated by him to one of his assistant engineers.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore shall not exercise any of the
powers conferred upon it by this Act unless and until it
shall have entered into a contract with the County Com-
: missioners of Harford County relating to the execution of
said powers.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore be and it is hereby author-

ized and empowered to pass any and all ordinances not

inconsistent with the terms of this Act that it may deem

advisable for the purpose of fully effectuating the objects