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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

basins, wharves, locks, waste weirs and outlets, and also any

other body of water bed or impounded by dams, canals, or

other artificial means.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all fines in this Act are pay-

Fines: how
payable.

able, except as provided in Section 8 of Chapter 293 of the

Acts of 1896, one-third to the informer and two-thirds to the

County Commissioners of said county to be by them accred-

ited to the fund for the payment of bounties provided in Sec-

tions 18 and 19 of Chapter 276 of the Acts of 1902.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That any Acts or parts of Acts

local or general, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,

be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 373.

AN ACT to repeal Article 36, Section 28, of the Code of

Public General Laws, title "Sheriff," sub-title "Fees for

Delivering Commissions to Road Supervisors," so far as the

same applies to Washington County.

Fees: Road

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Supervisors,

land, That Article 36, Section 28, of the Code of Public

General Laws, title "Sheriff," sub-title "Fees for Delivering

Commissions to Supervisors of Roads," as applied to Washing-

ton County, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

Duty of Clerk
to County

clerk of the County Commissioners of Washington County

Commis-
sioners.

immediately upon the appointment of any and all road super-

visors for said county, after their respective commissions shall

be made out and signed by the said County Commissioners,

to mail to each road supervisor, so appointed, his com-

mission to issue to his latest postoffice address or to deliver

the said commission in person to the said road supervisor

if that be the most direct method for the clerk of the said

County Commissioners.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.