CECIL COUNTY. 2041

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 311. 1860, Art. 8, sec. 179.

423. Any person who shall offend against the provisions of the preced-
ing section, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars for each offense.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 312. 1864, ch. 98.

424. No person shall fire any gun, pistol or fire-lock of any kind, on or
within twenty yards of any public road, street, bridge, causeway or high-
way in Cecil County, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than
twenty dollars, to be recovered in the same manner as prescribed in Sec-
tion 421.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 319. 1884, ch. 45.

425. It shall be unlawful for any land owner to drain water from his
lands into or upon any public road, and the person so offending shall be
liable to indictment by the grand jury, and upon conviction shall be fined
not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars; said fine to be paid
into the county treasury to the credit of road and bridge account; and if,
in the construction and repair of public roads, it be necessary for the proper
drainage of said roads to let off the water therefrom upon the adjoining
lands, the County Commissioners shall award to the owner of said lands
reasonable compensation for the privilege, and shall construct drains
through such lands so as to prevent the spreading of the water over
cultivated fields; but nothing contained in this subtitle of this Article shall
be so construed as to apply to the natural course of water from the public
roads into and upon adjoining lands or from said lands into and upon the
roads.

Cited in dissenting opinion In Kennedy v. Commissioners, 69 Md. 73.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 320. 1884, ch. 45.

426. It shall be unlawful for any one to obstruct, fill up or otherwise
injure the drains made for conducting water from the public roads, or
the ditches on the sides of said roads, or to obstruct any road by moving
fences out upon the same, or placing other obstructions thereon, or to dig
any ditch or drain across any road, without first having procured an order
from the County Commissioners to do so, and to neglect to keep such ditch
or drain well covered and in good repair for the passage of vehicles over
the same; and all persons so offending shall upon conviction be fined not
less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, said fine to be paid into
the county treasury to the credit of the road and bridge account; and when
any unlawful obstruction or injury to a public road shall be reported to the
road commissioner, in whose road district the same is located, he shall
forthwith remove said obstruction, or repair said injury, at the cost of the
person causing the same; and if such person shall refuse to pay the cost to
the road commissioner, the County Commissioners shall pay the same and
institute suit at once against him to recover said costs.
Kennedy v. Commissioners. 69 Md. 73.