EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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less than the par value thereof, and to apply the proceeds

Proceeds to go

thereof to the cost of erecting said bridge, and the expenses

to erection of
bridge.

incident thereto.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said County Commis-

To lay a levy.

sioners of Queen Anne's County are hereby authorized and

directed to levy annually on the taxable property of said

county a sum of money sufficient to pay the interest on the

bonds to be issued as aforesaid, to pay the principal of said

bonds to be issued as aforesaid as they mature, and to maintain

said bridge and keep the same in good and safe repair.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That on the completion of said

Bridge-keeper

bridge, and annually thereafter in the month of May, the

and his

said County Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed

compensation.

to appoint some suitable and competent person to act as keeper

of said bridge, whose duty it shall be to attend the opening

and closing of the draw of said bridge, and to perform such

other duties in regard to keeping said bridge in proper and

safe condition as the County Commissioners may direct; and

the keeper of said bridge shall receive as compensation for his

services the sum of three hundred dollars per annum, to be

provided by the said County Commissioners, as authorized in

Section 3 of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That no traction engine shall be

permitted to pass over said bridge without the written consent

Traction en-
gine.

of a majority of the Board of County Commissioners of said

county.

SEC. 6. And he it enacted, That the County Commissioners

of Queen Anne's County shall have full power and authority

Regulations of
drawbridge.

to make reasonable rules and regulations for use of said bridge

by the public and for the protection of said bridge, and shall

have full power and authority to enforce the observance thereof

and of Section 5 of this Act, by imposing upon the person or

persons violating said rules and regulations or Section 5 of this

Act, any reasonable fine not exceeding ten dollars for the vio-

lation thereof, which fine shall be collected as small debts are

now collected, and shall be recovered in the name of said

County Commissioners before any justice of the peace of said

county ; and on refusal or failure to pay and inability to collect

the same by legal process, the person or persons so fined shall

be committed to the county jail of the county for a period

not exceeding ten days, in the same manner as commitments

are made for fines imposed by the Circuit Courts of this State

Fines.

on conviction for misdemeanor; and all fines when collected

shall be applied to the maintenance of said bridge.