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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 62.

AN ACT to prevent the increase of gates on the
public roads of Calvert county.

Not lawful.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this
act, it shall not be lawful for any person to erect a
gate upon or across any public road in Calvert
county where there is not now agate already erected;
and any person violating the provisions of this sec-
tion shall, upon conviction thereof before a justice
of the peace for Calvert county, be adjudged guilty
of a misdemeanor, and be fined not more than fifty

Penalty.

dollars, nor less than twenty dollars, which fine shall
be collected as other small debts are, and shall be
paid to the Board of School Commissioners of Cal-
vert county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That on and after the
first day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight, it shall not be lawful for any person
to keep on any public road in Calvert county any
gate which is now thereon, unless said person shall
have obtained from the Board of County Commis-

Permission.

sioners of said county a permission, in writing, to
keep said gate on said public road for twelve months
next ensuing the said first day of April, and which
said permission must be renewed annually, and be-
fore the first day of April in each year thereafter
during which said person shall desire to keep said
gate on said public road; and it shall be the duty of

Renew the
same an'ually

said Board of County Commissioners to issue such
person, and renew the same annually as hereinbefore
mentioned, upon the annual payment to them of one
dollar for each gate mentioned in said permission;
and any person who shall, on or after the first day
of April, in the year eighteen hundred and seven-
ty-eight, keep on any public road in Calvert county
any gate which is now thereon, without having first
obtained a written permission and annual renewal

Penalty.

thereof from the Board of County Commissioners
of Calvert county, as hereinbefore provided, shall,
on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace,
be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined