1760

CALVERT COUNTY.

nevertheless, that no old road, so to be affected by this act, shall
be stopped up until the new road shall be viewed, examined and
received! by two justices of the peace, to be appointed by the
said court ; And provided a/so, that such new road shall be laid
out, made and completed, at the proper expense of the parties
applying for the same ; And provided further , that no such ap-
plication shall affect the lands of infants, persons non compos
mentis, or persons beyond the limits of this state, until the said
disabilities shall be removed.
See 1829, ch. 234, where the power is vested in the Levy Courts of
Calvert, Charles, Caroline and Washington counties.

Penalty on
altering
road with-
out license.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted. That if any person or persons
shall alter or change, or in any manner obstruct or encroach
upon, any of the said roads, or any part or parts thereof, or cut
down, destroy or injure, any of the bridges, causeways, boun-
daries, marks or directions, therein or thereon, without the
license of the justice of the levy court obtained as aforesaid,
every such person or persons, being thereof convicted in the
county court, shall forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of
the court, not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars, ac-
cording to the nature and degree of the offence.

Proviso.

SEC. 17. Provided always, and be it enacted. That nothing
in this act contained shall be construed to make it the duty of
the overseers of the roads aforesaid to make or repair any
framed bridge or bridges above fifteen feet in length, but they
shall be continued to be built and repaired in the same manner
as at present ; and it is hereby declared to be the duty of every
overseer aforesaid, having any such bridge or bridges within
their respective limits, to clear the same of all drift logs, or
other obstructions to the free passage of the water, as often as
need shall require, under the penalty of five dollars for every
neglect, to be recovered as other fines are directed to be re-
covered by this act.

Acts
repealed.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That from and after the said first
Monday of April next, all and every act and acts of assembly,
and every clause and section thereof, which may respect the
public roads in the aforesaid counties, be and the same are

Proviso.

hereby repealed ; Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed or taken to affect any private act
or acts of assembly granted upon the application of any parti-
cular individual! or the act of assembly passed at October ses-

* Ch. 16.

sion, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three,*
entitled, an act for repairing the public roads in this province,
or any act or acts of assembly for the building or repairing of
any bridge or bridges that are built or maintained at the public
or county charge.