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QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

SEC. 8. Repealed by 1824, ch. 167.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all and every law, usage or
custom heretofore existing or in use, which is repugnant to or
inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be and is
hereby declared to be annulled, abrogated and repealed, so far
as respects the county herein mentioned.

Present-
ments dis-
missed.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the county court of said
county be and they are hereby directed to dismiss all present-
ments heretofore made against the owners of gates in said
county, upon the parties paying the cost thereon.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act authorizing Gales to be kept
on the Public Roads in Queen Anne's County. — 1824, ch. 167.
See 1834, ch. 271 ; 1838, ch. 38.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the original law to which this is a supplement,
is partial in its operations ; And whereas, equal privileges
should be extended to all ; therefore,

Gates au-
thorized.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be
lawful for any person or persons in the county aforesaid, to
have, keep and erect on the public roads in the aforesaid
county, any or as many gates as he, she or they may deem ne-
cessary ; subject nevertheless, to all the conditions prescribed
by the original law, to which this is a supplement.

Parts of
former acts
repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That that part of the fourth sec-
tion of the original law, which requires the seal to the return
made to the clerk, together with the whole of the second and
eighth sections of the same law, be, and the same are hereby
repealed.

Clause ex-
plained.

SEC. 3. And be it enacled, That the meaning of that part of
the first section of the original law, which says 'and that part
of the road which they occupy in good order,' shall extend to
that part of the road only, immediately round about said gate
or gates, and not so much of it as is enclosed between such
gates.

Tax on
gates after
1835.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That after the last day of April,
which shall be in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five,
any person or persons having, keeping or erecting on the pub-
lic roads in the aforesaid county, any gate or gates, shall pay
for each and every gate or gates which by him, her or them
shall be so had, kept or erected, the sum of eight dollars an-
nually, the return to be made as is prescribed in the original
law, or in default thereof, shall be liable to presentment in the
county court of the county aforesaid ; and on conviction shall
be fined by said court, in the sum of eight dollars and no more,
to go toward defraying the expenses of said county, as specified
by the act to which this is a supplement.