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unable to agree, the amount shall be determined upon petition of
either party by a Judge of the Court in which the condemnation
proceedings were filed, or, if there have been no such proceedings,
by a Judge of a Court of Law in a county in which any part of the
premises is located.

(d) After taxes have been adjusted as provided in subsection (b)
hereof, it shall be the responsibility of the condemnor to pay the en-
tire tax bill on the property taken as well as the property remaining
to the condemnee, if any, LESS ANY ALLOWABLE READJUST-
MENTS OR ABATEMENTS, within thirty (30) days from the date
such adjustment is made and in the event the condemnor does not pay
said taxes within this time, the condemnee may pay same and recover
the amount so paid from the condemnor, together with interest
thereon from the date of payment, as a common debt.

(E) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER MEANING OF THE
WORD TAXES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION THE
WORD TAXES ALSO SHALL INCLUDE ALL ANNUAL BENE-
FIT CHARGES ASSESSED BY THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN
SANITARY COMMISSION OR OTHER SPECIAL TAXING DIS-
TRICT WHICH ARE COLLECTED AS TAXES AND THEY
SHALL BE APPORTIONED OVER THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF
THE ASSESSMENT AND PAID AS ABOVE SET FORTH FOR
OTHER TAXES.

Section 11.

(a)  Civil engineers, land surveyors and their assistants acting on
behalf of the State or of any of its instrumentalities or of any body
politic or corporate having the power of eminent domain have the
right:

1.  To enter upon any private land to make surveys, to run lines
or levels, or to obtain information relating to the acquisition or future
public use of the property or for any governmental report, under-
taking, or improvement, and

2.  To set stakes, markers, monuments, or other suitable land-
marks or reference points where necessary.

(b)  If any civil engineer, surveyor, or assistant to a civil engineer
or surveyor is refused permission to enter or remain upon any pri-
vate land for the purposes set out in subsection (a) hereof, any such
person, or the State or its instrumentality, or the body politic or cor-
porate upon whose behalf such person is acting may apply to a law
court of the county in which the property or any part thereof is
located for an order directing that such person be permitted to enter
upon and remain upon such land to the extent necessary to carry out
the purposes authorized by this section. Any person having knowl-
edge of such order who obstructs any civil engineer, surveyor, or
assistant to a civil engineer or surveyor who is acting under author-
ity of such order may be punished as for contempt of the court.

(c)  If any civil engineer, surveyor, or assistant to a civil engineer
or surveyor who has entered upon any private land under the author-
ity of this section or of any court order passed pursuant thereto,
damages or destroys any real or personal property thereon, the owner
of such property shall have a cause of action for such damage against