1770

CAROLINE COUNTY.

thereof shall pay annually a tax of one dollar for each and
every gate by him, her or them kept on the public roads in
said county.

Lists of
gales.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the owner or owners of all
such gate or gates are hereby requited and directed to transmit
on or before the first day of May, annually, to the clerk of the
levy court of said county the number by him, her, or them
respectively owned and kept on the public roads, in writing,
under his, her, or their hands and seals, and such clerk shall
keep a list of the same, and shall deliver a copy thereof with
the amount of tax on each annexed, to the collector of the
county taxes, to be by him collected as other taxes.

Forfeit for
neglect

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons
who is or are the owner or owners of such gate or gates, shall
neglect or refuse to give in a statement of the number of gates
by him, her, or them owned and kept on the public roads, to
the clerk of the levy court aforesaid on or before the first day
of May, in every year, as aforesaid, and shall continue to use
or keep up such gate or gates, such person shall forfeit all the
protection afforded by the provisions of this act, and shall be
in the same situation respecting their gates as if this act had
not passed.

Disposition
of money .

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all moneys collected by the
collector of the said county under the provisions of this act,
shall be paid over to and applied by the levy court of said
county towards defraying the county charges.

Tenants
authorized.

(*lawful)

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That in all cases where tenants
shall reside on lands through which public toads may pass and
shall keep gates thereon, it shall and may be law* for such
tenants to enter such gates in the manner preset ibed by the
fourth section of this act, and to pay the tax thereon, who shall
be allowed the same by his landlord in his rent, upon pro-
ducing the collector's receipt shewing that he has paid the
same.

Slaves of-
fending.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if any slave shall cut down,
destroy, injure, or wilfully leave fixed open, any gate upon the
public roads, which shall have been entered in the manner
prescribed by the fourth section of this act, such slave shall be
punished for every such offence, on conviction before a justice
of the peace by the oath of one or more witnesses, by whip-
ping on his or her bare back, in the discretion of the said jus-
tice, not exceeding for each offence the number of ten lashes:
Provided always, that the master or mistress of such slave, or
any other peison in their behalf, may redeem said slave so
convicted from said punishment by the payment of the fine to
the owner or owners of such gate, imposed by this act, upon
free persons for like offences; And provided also, that no