J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             845

prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal
of water.

201.    Should the owner of any lands within the Watershed Asso-
ciation refuse to accept the damages awarded him by the Board of
Watershed Viewers and approved by the Board of County Commis-
sioners, and refuse the necessary access to his lands, then and in
such case the Board of Watershed Directors may condemn rights-of-
way, easements, and other property rights necessary for carrying
out the works of improvement, and the procedure shall be as pro-
vided for in Article 33-A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"Eminent Domain", and any amendments thereto, and such damages
as may be awarded as compensation shall be paid by the Board of
Directors in lieu of the damages awarded by the Watershed Viewers.
Nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to authorize the use of
eminent domain proceedings to acquire the right to use water sepa-
rate and apart from the land to which it is incident.

202.    For the purpose of raising funds necessary to carry out the
plan of watershed improvements described in the report of the
Watershed Viewers and approved by the County Commissioners, the
Board of Directors shall decide upon the amount to be raised, which
sum may be less than the total assessment, and shall prepare a tax
roll showing the sum or amount due from each landowner listed as
subject to assessment in the report made out and returned by the
Watershed Viewers and approved by the County Commissioners.
Such taxes shall be proportional to the respective assessments. Said
tax roll shall be signed by the Directors and shall by them be sent
to the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, who shall cer-
tify to the County Commissioners its conformance to the provisions
of this Section. The County Commissioners shall thereupon certify
the tax roll to the County Treasurer, who shall include such taxes in
the next bills for state and county taxes sent out from his office,
Such taxes shall be due and collectible at the same time and in the
same manner as county taxes, and shall be liable to the same penal-
ties for late payment and non-payment as county taxes. Should the
funds raised in this manner be insufficient to complete the plan of
works of improvement a subsequent tax or taxes shall be levied and
collected in like manner.

203.    (a) As an alternate plan for raising funds necessary to
carry out the plan of watershed improvements described in the re-
port of the Viewers and approved by the County Commissioners, as
provided in Section 202, the Board of Directors shall have the power
to issue and, sell bonds or notes for an amount not exceeding the
total cost of the improvements as hereinafter provided.

(b) The Board of Directors shall give notice at least once a week
for not less than three weeks by publication in some newspaper
having a general circulation in the county in which the Watershed
Association area or some part thereof is situated, if there be such a
newspaper, and also by posting for at least 15 days a notice at the
door of the courthouse of such county and at four public places
within the Watershed Association, or in the vicinity thereof, recit-
ing the fact that they propose to issue bonds or notes for the pay-
ment of the cost of improvement, giving the amount of bonds or
notes to be issued, the rate of interest that they are to bear or the