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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
collected as small debts are now collected, and shall be recov-
ered in the name of the County Commissioners of said coun-
ties before any justice of the peace of either of said counties
in which the person or persons violating said rules and regu-
lations shall be found; and on failure or refusal to pay and
inability to collect the same by legal process, the person or
persons so fined shall be committed to the county jail of the
county for a period iiot exceeding ten days, in the same
manner as commitments are made for fines imposed by the
Circuit Courts of this State on conviction for misdemeanor,
and the justice of the peace shall make this a part of his
judgment, and said fines shall be applied to the keeping of
said bridge in repair.
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Levy to pay
cost of con-
struction, etc.
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2. That the County Commissioners of Caroline and Talbot
Counties are authorized and directed to levy on the assess-
able property of their respective counties such sums of money
as may be necessary to pay the cost of constructing, main-
taining and keeping in safe repair said bridge and other
property belonging thereto or therewith.
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Shall appoint
keeper
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3. That the County Commissioners of Caroline and Talbot
Counties, a majority of each board concurring, shall annually,
in the month of April, appoint some suitable and competent
person to act as keeper for said bridge whose duty it shall
be to attend to the opening and closing of the draw of said
bridge, and also to perform such other duties in regard, to
keeping said bridge in proper condition for public travel,
and the keeper of said bridge shall receive such compensation
for his services as the said County Commissioners shall pro-
vide for by the levy for maintenance of said bridge, as author-
ized in the second section of this amended Act.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage .
Approved April 7, 1900.
CHAPTER 184.
AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners
of Montgomery County to levy a sum of money to refund to
the heirs of Jacob Young, deceased, late of said county,
certain taxes erroneously paid by them.
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