J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             847

(f) Except as provided in this section, the provisions of Sections
169 to 218 shall apply in all respects to watershed improvements
made under this section as if made from funds by assessments with-
out issuing bonds or notes.

(g) If the Watershed Work Plan approved by the County Com-
missioners provides for taking over or adopting as the whole or as
part of the watershed improvements to be provided under this sub-
title, any works of improvement already constructed, the Board of
Directors may pay from the proceeds of any bonds or notes issued
under the provisions of this section the amount necessary to acquire
such works of improvement, or to reimburse any landowners for
any amounts expended by them in the construction thereof.

(h) The County Treasurer shall report to the Board of Directors
at regular intervals, whatever amounts he may have collected as
taxes during such periods, with a list showing the amount received
from each landowner. The Board of Directors shall order all such
monies to be paid by the County Treasurer for the redemption of the
bonds or notes issued and the interest thereon.

(i) If any installment of principal or interest represented by the
said bonds or notes shall not be paid at the time and in the manner
the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall con-
tinue for a period of six months, the holder or holders of such bond
or note or bonds or notes in default shall have a right of action
against the Board of Directors. The Circuit Court of the County
may issue a writ of mandamus against the Board of Directors, direct-
ing the levying of a tax or special assessment against the landowners
in default and the collection of the same in such sum as may be
necessary to meet any unpaid installments of principal and interest
and the costs of the action. The amount of the tax or special assess-
ment shall be certified by the Board of Directors to the County
Treasurer who shall proceed immediately to collect the same from
the landowners so in default according to the procedure provided in
Sections 202-206 of this sub-title, and when such sums have been
collected the County Treasurer shall, upon order of the Board of
Directors pay the said unpaid installments of principal and interest
in default and the costs of the action. The official bonds of the
County Treasurer and the other officers shall be liable for the faith-
ful performance of the duties assigned to them under this sub-title.
The holder or holders of any bond or note or bonds or notes in
default are hereby authorized to institute suit against any officer on
his official bond for failing to perform any of the duties required of
him pursuant to this section.

204. All taxes levied under this sub-title shall be taxes against
the lands benefited. Should any piece of property subject to taxation
under this sub-title be divided, the Board of Directors shall deter-
mine the ratio in which any subsequent tax levied shall be divided
between the several holdings, which ratio shall be the proportion
in which the several holdings are benefited.

205. The taxes levied and collected in this manner shall remain
in the county treasury until disbursed by the County Treasurer upon
orders drawn and signed by the Board of Directors. The County
Treasurer shall keep a separate record for each Public Watershed