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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or otherwise any cart or wagon from any resident dealer in

such vehicles which said dealer may have in stock at the time

of the passage of this Act.

Duties of con-

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of any

stables, etc.

constable or other peace officer of Caroline County, or of any

incorporated town in said county, to apprehend any person

violating this Act and to bring him before some justice of

the peace in and for said county, and upon conviction before

said justice, the party so offending shall be fined five dollars

for each wheel of said vehicle which shall not comply with

the provisions of this Act, together with the costs of such

arrest and trial; and in case of refusal or failure to promptly

pay such fine and costs, then the said vehicle shall be seized

and sold at a public sale in the same manner as property may

be sold for the payment of a common debt, except that no

exemption shall be allowed to satisfy the fine and costs of such

arrest, trial and sale ; and if for any cause whatever it shall be

difficult to apprehend the owner of said vehicle, then the driver

with such vehicle or any agent of the owner of said vehicle

shall be liable under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That the aforegoing Act shall be

Act to be sub-
mitted to vot-

submitted to the registered qualified voters of Caroline County

ers of the
county.

on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November,

1904, at the election then to be held therein, and the sheriff

of said county shall, at least three weeks previous to the day of

said election, cause public notice to be given of the submission

of said Act, to be published in the newspapers of said county,

also by printed hand bills containing said notice to be set up

at the most public places within said election district of said

county; and the County Commissioners of said county shall

pay for the publishing of said notice and for printing said hand

bills, and shall also pay said sheriff twelve dollars and fifty-

cents for his services, but if for any reason said notice shall not

be given, or not given in the manner herein prescribed, such

failure shall not effect the validity of this Act or operate or

prevent its taking effect.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the ballots cast at said elec-

tion shall have printed on them the words, "For Wide Tire

Law," with a blank space opposite .the same suitable to receive

How the vote

the cross mark of the voter, and the words, "Against Wide Tire

shall be cast.

Law," opposite a similar blank space, and the ballots cast for

and against said wide tire law shall be carefully counted by the

judges of said election in the respective election districts of

said county, and the number of ballots "For Wide Tire Law"