Maryland County Commissioners Section 73

      (a)      All persons, including the State or a political subdivision of the State, whose lands will derive benefit from the proposed improvements shall contribute to the cost and expense of making the same; and the said board of drainage viewers shall adjudge thereof, and shall assess against such persons respectively a sum proportional to the benefits accruing to their lands. The sums so assessed shall be sufficient, less such amounts as may be received from the county commissioners or from any other source, to cover the costs of constructing or improving such ditches or drains or other drainage works, the payment of damages awarded (if any), the payment of compensations for adopted improvements previously constructed (if any), the expenses of the board of drainage viewers, and the costs of forming the drainage organization.

      (b)      Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, the county commissioners are authorized to contribute all or any part of the cost of any improvements authorized under this subtitle from general funds of the county, or to allocate or use for paying all or any part of the costs of any such improvement any other funds which may become available for such improvements.