§ 52 to 55. Authority to establish public drainage associations; notice to Secretary of Agriculture and Soil Conservation Committee; petition to establish public drainage associations; review of petition; public hearing; notice; access to petition; land located in two or more counties.

§ 56. Notice of proceeding of board of viewers

§ 57 to 69. Hearing; action on petition; electing board of managers; vote of taxables at meeting; authority and right of board of managers; officer or director immune from civil liability; organization meeting of managers; chairman and secretary; determination of which managers serve until first annual meeting and for years thereafter; county commissioners to deliver copies of report and map to board of managers and State Soil Conservation Committee and retain one; annual and special meetings of taxables; business transacted at annual meeting; filling vacancy when no annual meeting called or quorum not present; terms of office of board of managers; plan for optimal crop production; right of entry; adoption of watershed work plans; filing of watershed work plan

§ 69A. Board of viewers; appointment; qualifications; duties; reports; redetermination as to improvements bases for future assessments

§ 70 to 71. Board of drainage viewers; notice of proceeding of board of viewers; board of drainage viewers to appoint engineer; other duties of board of viewers.

§ 71A. Officer or director immune from civil liability

§ 72 to 76. Consideration of damage by board of viewers; payment of costs; ditches or drains already constructed; clerk of board of county commissioners to maintain drainage file; notice to nonresidents.

§ 77. Appointment of guardian for protection of interest of minor

§ 78 to 82A. Amendment of petition or other part of proceedings; appeal -- application for order of review; appeal -- to circuit court; expenses when report rejected; board of viewers; redetermination of benefit from improvement basis for future assessments; classification as woodland or cropland; board of viewers to report to county commissioners.

§ 83. Organization meeting of managers; chairman and secretary

§ 84 to 121H. Action of county commissioners on receipt of report; hearing; condemnation; drainage taxes; rights-of-way and easements; how drainage taxes disbursed; retention of percentage by county treasurer for compensation; exception as to Caroline County; alternate plan for raising funds; payment of wages and expenses from first funds available; procedure by board of managers to carry out plan for improvements; tax procedure when land located in two or more counties; taxes are against land; effect of subdivision of property; effect on mills and water rights; keeping improvements in good repair; ditches across land of another; obstruction of free flow of water in improvement; improvement crossing highway at intersection of highway with watercourse; improvement crossing railroad right-of-way at intersection of right-of-way with watercourse; compensation of board of viewers and engineer; dissolution of association; drainage districts -- authority to establish; drainage districts -- procedure upon petition therefor; drainage districts -- examination and surveys by board of viewers; report and map to be filed; drainage districts -- approval or rejection of report by county commissioners; drainage districts -- powers and duties of engineer and viewers -- in general; drainage districts -- powers and duties of engineer and viewers -- assessment of damages; drainage districts -- powers and duties of engineer and viewers -- classification of land benefited by improvement; drainage districts -- powers and duties of engineer and viewers -- records and report of expenses of survey; drainage districts -- action on final report by county commissioners; notice of hearing; drainage districts -- summoning defendant landowners who have not signed petition; drainage districts -- final hearing; drainage districts -- drainage record book and official copies of maps and profiles; easement record; drainage districts -- drainage commissioners; drainage districts -- superintendent of construction; drainage districts -- ascertainment of cost of improvement including damages; certification of costs to county commissioners; drainage districts -- assessments; drainage districts -- benefits of highway, railroad or other public property; drainage districts -- lands not affected or benefited; drainage districts -- condemnation of right-of-way or outlet over and through lands; drainage districts -- outlets for lateral drains; drainage districts -- issuance of bonds for cost of improvement -- notice; drainage districts -- issuance of bonds for cost of improvement -- issuance and sale of bonds; drainage districts -- bids for construction; contractor's bond; drainage districts -- repair; injury or obstruction of bridge, fence or floodgate; drainage districts -- compensation of engineers, viewers, and laborers; drainage districts -- cooperation with United States government; drainage districts -- construction of law; appropriation; loans from State