Ch. 738

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(8) The name of the proposed organization, which shall be styled "The ...

Public Drainage Association".]

(b) They shall file with their report maps and profiles, likewise in triplicate, which
shall show:

.(1) The location of the proposed ditches or drains or other improvements on
a map, drawings or aerial photograph to a suitable scale.

(2)     A general delineation of the boundary of the area affected, with the
general location in the county indicated.

(3)     A general delineation of the boundaries of the lands within the area
owned by each individual assessed, with an estimate of the acreage which each contains.

(4)     The dimensions and profiles of the proposed ditches or drains or other
improvements.

61.

The county commissioners shall at their first meeting after receiving such report
from the drainage viewers, examine it, and if it is found not to be in due form and in
accordance with the law it shall be referred back to the drainage viewers to be corrected
and returned to the county commissioners at a subsequent meeting. If the report is found
to be in due form and in accordance with the law the county commissioners shall appoint
a day for a public hearing upon the report [arid petition] and shall give not less than
thirty days' previous notice of the time and place of the hearing, by notice published in a
newspaper or newspapers published in the county or counties in which the lands affected
are located, and by a written of printed notice mailed to each person named in the report.
A copy of the report shall be sent to the State Secretary of Agriculture and to the State
Soil Conservation Committee. During this time a copy of the report shall be on file in the
office of the clerk of the county commissioners, and shall be open to the inspection of any
landowner or other person interested, and the notices shall so state.

68.

At the date set for the hearing, the viewers and the engineers being present, any
person interested in the matter may appear in person or by counsel and make known his
objection to any part of the report. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners to
carefully consider such objections, and if possible at the time the viewers may make such
changes in the report as are necessary to render substantial and equal justice to all
persons concerned. The county commissioners may, in their discretion, reject the report,
refer it back to the drainage viewers for amendment or reconsideration in view of the
objections presented, or they may confirm the report as they received it or as it may have
been amended. Upon confirmation of the report BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND
MAINTAIN THE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT OF
DRAINAGE VIEWERS, [they shall declare established an organization, to be known as the
.... Public Drainage Association, composed of the owner of all the lands assessed for the
cost of the proposed drainage improvements, and empowered to carry out the plan of
improvement as designated in the report of the drainage viewers.]

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