JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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their annual exhibition, within the distance of two

and one-half miles of the fair grounds owned or

leased by said society, and any person found violat-

ing this law, it shall be the duty of any one of the

Mode of proc-

constables, the Sheriff of Kent county, or any one

dure.

of the special police appointed in another section of

this act, and forthwith to carry such person so vio-

lating as aforesaid, before the nearest justice of the

peace, who shall forthwith proceed to examine said

case on the part of the State, and if the proof so

justifies, he shall require the party so arrested to

give good and sufficient security for his appearance

to the next jury term of Kent county, and on failure

to give such security, said party shall forthwith be

committed to the jail of the county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That every person found

guilty by the Circuit Court for Kent county of vio-

lating the provisions of this law, shall for the first

Penalty.

offence be fined by said court not less than fifty,

nor more than two hundred dollars, and for a subse-

quent offence against the provisions of this law, shall

in addition to the fine herein contained, be sent by

said court to the county jail for a period of thirty

days.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the President and

Managers of said Kent County Agricultural Society
are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint

Authorized
and empow-
ered.

such number of persons as they may think necessary

to act as a special police during the annual exhibi-

tion of said society, and the persons so appointed

shall have full power to arrest any person found

violating the provisions of this act, or any criminal

law of this State, in or about said fair grounds dur-

ing the exhibition thereof.

Approved April 8, 1876.