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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

a new road shall be opened as a public highway in
either of said counties, the Supervisor of the Dis-
trict shall cause all gates to he removed therefrom.

Fines.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That any person who
shall violate the provisions of the preceding sec-
tion shall pay a fine of twenty dollars, to be re-
covered by action of debt before a Justice of the
Peace in the name of the County Commissioners,
to be applied to the road fund of the county, and
any supervisor who shall fail or neglect to perform
his duties under the provisions of this Act shall
forfeit and pay a fine of twenty dollars, to be re-
covered in the same manner and to be applied to
said fund.

Approved April 4, 1870.

CHAPTER 428.

AN ACT to Amend the Charter of the Corpora-
tion of Bladensburg, in Prince George's County,
passed March ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-
four.

WHEREAS, It has been represented to this Gen-
eral Assembly that the Act of Incorporation passed
does not confer sufficient power to enable the said
corporation to protect itself and its citizens, and
that it is necessary to have its powers enlarged.

Lay out and
define.

SECTION 1, Be it therefore enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the present Board of
Commissioners are hereby empowered to lay out
and define the limits of said village of Bladens-
burg, and when laid off and defined, to record the
same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Prince George's County.

Public ground

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the public ground
and property within said corporation, belonging
to the village, shall be vested in the Commission-
ers, so far as to preserve the same, to prevent
depredations thereon, and to have and to hold for
the benefit of said corporation.