# § 25-37 Damage to roads and bridges — inspections.

Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 25-37 Damage to roads and bridges — inspections.

Balt., Md., Pub. Local Laws § 25-37 (2026)

So soon as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall be ready to begin work under this subheading, the Roads Engineer of any county affected, and the Chief Engineer of Baltimore City, shall together make a careful inspection of all public roads, and portions of public roads, and of all bridges of such county, certain or likely, in the opinion of said Roads Engineer, to be used by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or its agents, or contractors, for teaming or hauling, in connection with said work, and shall thereupon draw up a memorandum, in writing, one duplicate whereof shall be filed and kept in the office of the County Commissioners of such county, and the other duplicate whereof shall be filed and kept in the office of the Comptroller of Baltimore City, certifying to the precise condition, at that time, in point of repair in their opinion, of all such roads, and portions of roads, and of all such bridges, and thereafter, at regular intervals of six months, there shall be a similar inspection by said officers of all such roads, and portions of roads, and of all such bridges, and immediately after such inspection, said engineers shall, in like manner, draw up a similar memorandum, in writing, duplicates whereof shall be filed and kept in like manner as aforesaid, certifying in precise terms to the physical and pecuniary extent, to which, in their opinion, such roads and portions of roads, and such bridges shall have been injured by reason of the extra wear and tear imposed upon them since the next preceding inspection, by such teaming or hauling, and, in said memorandum, the pecuniary extent of said injury shall be computed and set forth in dollars and cents, and, so soon as said memorandum shall be signed by said engineers, and filed in duplicate as aforesaid, the amount of the pecuniary injury, so certified, shall at once become due and payable by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore out of the proceeds of the loan hereinafter mentioned to the treasurer of the county affected, as a fund for the repair of such injury.

In the event of disagreement between said engineers as to any matter devolved upon them by the terms of <cite data-path="25|§25-37">this section</cite> of this subheading, all of the provisions of the next preceding section of this subheading relative to disagreement between said officers as to the diversion alteration, closure or destruction of highways or bridges, shall likewise be applicable to said disagreement under <cite data-path="25|§25-37">this section</cite>.  Said engineers shall have plenary power to consider and decide all questions arising in the discharge of their duties under <cite data-path="25|§25-37">this section</cite>, and shall have the same power to summon and require the attendance of witnesses, in connection with their inquiries under <cite data-path="25|§25-37">this section</cite>, and to have them sworn, as is provided for in <cite data-path="25|§25-35">section 25-35</cite> of this subheading, and they shall be allowed the same per diem and other reasonable expenses, all to be paid by the City of Baltimore.

The powers and duties of the Chief Engineer of Baltimore City under <cite data-path="25|§25-37">this section</cite> may, at any time, with the consent of the Mayor of Baltimore, be delegated by him to one of his assistant engineers, or such powers may be exercised and duties performed by some third party to be named by the municipal agency hereinafter charged with the duty of carrying the work under this subheading into execution.

The powers conferred and the duties imposed by <cite data-path="25|§25-37">this section</cite> upon the Roads Engineer of any county affected by the provisions of <cite data-path="25|§25-37">this section</cite> may at any time, with the consent of the County Commissioners of such county, be delegated by him to one of his assistant engineers, or, if there be no Roads Engineer of said county, it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of said county to appoint some person, preferably an engineer resident in said county, to exercise such powers and to perform such duties.