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QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY.

warrant.

&c.

information, oath or affirmation, of one or more credible wit-
nesses, shall discover or be satisfied that any bridge, road or
causeway, is out of repair from neglect of duty of the super-
visor within whose limits the same shall be, except in time of
wheat harvest, shall be authorized to issue his warrant, in the
name of the state, against such supervisor, directed to the con-
stable of the hundred, and returnable before himself or some
other justice of the peace for said county, who shall proceed
to give judgment according to the merits of the case, and if
judgment be rendered against him for any fine or forfeiture
not exceeding twelve dollars, and if he shall not pay the same,
the said justice of the peace may thereupon issue process of
execution for the recovery thereof, and the same shall be ac-
counted for and paid to the order of the levy court of said
county, and applied as aforesaid ; Provided nevertheless, that
nothing herein contained shall prevent any of the said supervi-
sors offending against the provisions of this act from being pre-
sented by the grand jury for any neglect of duty not before
punished by any one of the justices of the peace as aforesaid.

Justices to
receive
fines, &c.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the justices of the peace
respectively shall be authorized and empowered to receive
any fine or fines for which they may respectively render judg-
ment against any supervisor of the road in said county, and
shall account with, and pay over to the levy court annually,
all moneys which they may have respectively received in vir-
tue of this act, under the penalty of paying treble the amount
thereof in case of failure or neglect, to be recovered in the
county court, in an action for money had and received, in the
name of the justices of the levy court of said county, to be
applied as other fines are heretofore directed by this act.

Supervisors
not an-
swerable,
&c.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That no supervisor shall be
answerable for the fine or fines imposed, where it can be made
appear that the neglect of such supervisor happened after the
sum appropriated to the road or roads of which he is supervi-
sor hud been applied and expended under the direction of the
court aforesaid.

They may
remove
stones, &c.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for the several and respective supervisors of the said roads, and
they are hereby authorized and empowered, as often as need
shall require, to dig, take and remove, any stones, gravel, or
earth of a firm quality, which may be found on any land adjoin-
ing the roads for which the same may be necessary, and to em-
ploy the same in the repairing of the said road? ; and for the
making or repairing of bridges over the heads of rivers, creeks,
branches, swamps, or other low and miry places, through and
over which the said roads may pass, to cut down, or cause to
be cut down, any tree or trees growing on any of the next ad-