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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

plat, to be agreed upon by the parties; and the
Clerk of the Circuit Court is hereby required to keep
a record of the order and report, and he shall be
entitled to receive for every order made and certi-
fied under his seal of office, fifty cents, for reading
the report, endorsing the confirmation thereon,
and filing the same on record, twenty-five cents.

Vacancies—
how filled.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That if any com-
missioner appointed as aforesaid, in any order
original, or of review, shall die or remove from
the county, or be otherwise unable to act, the
county commissioners as soon as practicable there-
after shall appoint another person in his stead,
and the said order, with the report thereon, shall
be executed and received by the county commis-
sioners in the same manner as if the person origi-
nally appointed had acted.

Not to autho-
rise removal of
mill dams or in-
terference with
water rights.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That nothing in
this act shall be so construed as to authorise the
removal of any mill dam, or interference with
the legal water rights appertaining to mills, nor
divert the water so as to deprive any owner over
whose land said water flows, of the benefits and
water rights now enjoyed by them.

Orphans' Court
authorised to
appoint guar-
dian.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That in case of the
property or interest of any minor or minors not
having guardians being affected by the drain-
ing of any swamps or low land as hereinbefore
provided for by this act, the Orphans' Court of the
county where such application may have been
made, on being informed of the interest of such
minor or minors being affected by such proceed-
ings, shall appoint a guardian or guardians for
such minor or minors, for the protection of the
interests of their respective ward or wards.

Thirty days
notice to be gi-
ven non-resi-
dents.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That in case of any
owner or owners of land or other property affected
by the operation of the provisions of this act liv-
ing out of this State, a written notice of thirty
days served on the tenant or tenants, agent or
agents of such owner or owners of the proceedings
of the commissioners as hereinbefore provided
for, shall be as good and sufficient as if the said
owner or owners of land or other property were
residents of this State.

May appeal.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That any person
or persons conceiving himself or themselves