Maryland County Commissioners Section 115

      After the said drainage district shall have been declared established, and the survey and plan therefor approved, the board of county commissioners shall appoint three persons who are freeholders, who shall be designated as the board of drainage commissioners for that district. These commissioners shall be appointed subject to the written approval of a majority of the landowners in the district, and any vacancy occurring shall be filled in like manner.

      The three drainage commissioners when appointed shall be and shall organize as a corporate body under the name and style of "The Board of Drainage Commission of .... District", with the right to hold property, and convey the same, to sue and be sued, and shall possess corporate powers. They shall organize by electing from among their number a chairman and a vice-chairman. They shall elect a secretary either within or without their body. The treasurer of the county in which the proceeding was instituted shall be ex officio of such drainage commissioners. Such board of drainage commissioners shall adopt a seal, which they may alter at pleasure.