ROADS.

of infants, persons non compos mentis, or persons beyond the
limits of this state, until the said disabilities shall be removed.

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SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons
shall alter or change, or in any manner obstruct, any of the
said roads, or any part or parts thereof, or cut down, destroy
or injure, any of the bridges, causeways, boundaries, marks or
directions therein or thereon, without the license of the justices
of the levy court obtained as aforesaid, every such person or
persons, being thereof convicted in the county court, shall for-
feit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the court, not exceeding
the sum of fifty dollars, according to the nature of the offence.

Penalty on
persons al-
tering, &c.
any road.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy
court of Somerset county shall be and they are hereby autho-
rized and directed to assess and levy on the assessable property
of said county annually, at their levy court, such sum or sums
of money, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the purposes
of repairing the causeway, commonly known by the name
of Vienna causeway, and the wharf adjoining the same, the
causeway on the south side of Wiccomico river, at the lower
ferry, and the wharves at said ferry, on each side thereof, and
the causeways and wharves at the upper ferry on Wiccomico
river aforesaid, on each side thereof, and the causeway on the
north side of Pocomoke river, at Stephens' ferry.

Justices to
levy money,
kc.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That no person in said county
shall be liable to the payment of any fine for not working upon,
or keeping in repair, the said causeways and wharves, except
as herein after mentioned.

No person
liable, &c.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the levy court of said county to contract with fit and proper
persons annually for repairing the said causeways and wharves,
and keeping them in good order.

Court to
contract,
&c.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That each person with whom the
levy court aforesaid shall contract for the repairing and keep-
ing in good order the said causeways and wharves, or any part
thereof, shall give bond to the state of Maryland, with such
security as shall be approved of by the said levy court, in such
sum or penalty as the said justices shall require, not exceed-
ing eight hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of the terms of the contract.

Persons
contracting,
to give
bond, &c.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That if any of the persons
with whom the levy court aforesaid may contract for the re-
pairing the said causeways and wharves, shall not amend the
same agreeable to the terms of each respective contract, within
a reasonable time after the same shall be out of repair, or in
any manner fail to perform or comply with the conditions of
each respective contract aforesaid, the person thus failing shall
forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each
neglect or offence, to be recovered before any justice of the

Penalty for
failing to
comply, &c.