Ch. 738

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

the rodmen, axmen, chainmen and other laborers shall receive not to exceed two dollars
per day each. The drainage commissioners shall have all their actual expenses paid when
actually engaged upon the work of the drainage district, but shall receive no per diem. All
other fees and costs incurred under the provisions of §§ [96 — 122] 103 THROUGH 121H
shall be the same as provided by law for like services in other cases.

122.

The provisions of §§ [96 — 121] 103 THROUGH 121G shall be liberally construed to
promote the ditching, draining, leveeing and reclamation of wet and overflowed lands
which may be made available for agriculture, and to encourage the starting of such
enterprises there is hereby established a fund to be known as the "Drainage District
Fund", and the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money that
may be in the State treasury and not otherwise appropriated, to be placed to the credit of
that fund, from which loans can be made in sums not to exceed a total of more than two
thousand dollars to any one drainage-project for the payment of the expenses of the
surveys, engineer, viewers, advertising and all other incidental fees and expenses
connected with the project up to time of the establishment of the drainage district, and
the turning over of the work to the board of drainage commissioners. The money thus
loaned shall be paid out by the Treasurer, when there is money to the credit of this fund,
on warrant of the State Comptroller upon the receipt of an itemized statement or
statements so requesting endorsed by the president and clerk of the board of county
commissioners of the county in which the original petition of the particular district was
filed. The funds loaned by the State shall be returned to the treasury again through the
board of county commissioners, who shall collect the amount loaned under a petition filed
with them from the petitioner or their bondsmen in case the petition is not allowed, but
should the drainage district be established, then from the board of drainage
commissioners out of the first proceeds of the sale of the bonds of that district charged
with the loan.

No greater sum shall be loaned to one district than is absolutely necessary for its
use, in order that the fund may be in circulation and be available for other projects.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 54, 55, 56, 57,
58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 69A, 70, 71, 71A, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,
104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, and
122, respectively, of Article 25 - County Commissioners of the Annotated Code of
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 55, 56, 71, 72, 73, 74, 82A, 84, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
80, 85, 81, 82, 58, 59, 60, 61, 83, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 88, 86, 87, 90, 89, 73, 91, 92, 96, 94, 95,
97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116,
117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 121A, 121B, 121C, 121D, 121E, 121F, 121G, and 121H,
respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

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