492 CHARLES COUNTY. [ART. 9.

101. All fines and forfeitures incurred by supervisors for neg-
lect in repairing roads in Charles county shall be paid to the
county commissioners of said county.

102. All gates on the public roads in Charles county shall be
strongly and substantially made, and so hung as not to cause
unnecessary delay or hindrance to travellers.

103. Any person who shall tear down, destroy, remove or
leave open any gate on the public roads in said county, so made
and hung, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be liable to prosecution in the name of the State, before a jus-
tice of the peace of the county, and may be punished by fine
not exceeding ten dollars for the use of the county.

104. Any slave who shall be guilty of the offences enumerated
in the preceding section, or any of them, shall on conviction
thereof before any justice of the peace of the county be punished
by the infliction of any numb'W of stripes not exceeding thirty-
nine, as the justice shall direct.

105. If any white person charged with violating the provisions
of the 103d section of this article shall feel aggrieved by the
judgment of the justice of the peace, he may appeal to the Cir-
cuit Court of the county, upon giving bond in the usual form to
the State, for the prosecution of the appeal and payment of the
fine and costs if the judgment shall be affirmed.

106. If any person charged as aforesaid shall require it, the
justice shall issue a warrant to a constable or the sheriff of the
county, returnable in not less than ten days, to summon a jury
to try the issue between the State and the traverser, and the
verdict of the jury and judgment thereon shall be final.

107. The party requiring the summoning of such jury shall give
bond for his appearance at the return day, or be committed.

108. Whenever a party charged with offending against the
108d section of this article shall be acquitted, he shall be en-
titled to his costs, to be paid by the county.

109. In all cases arising under the said section, the justice
shall inform the accused of his rights thereunder as to the mode
of trial, and in default thereof he shall be liable to a penalty of not