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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and pay the sum of twenty dollars, and on failure to pay

said fine and State costs, he or they shall be committed to the

jail of Frederick County for the period of sixty days. If

said fine is paid, the one-half shall be paid to the informer

whether he be an officer or some other person, and the other

half to the County Commissioners of Frederick County for the

benefit of the public roads of said county.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said violation of this Act

Prosecution.

shall be prosecuted in the name of the State, and that the

several justices of the peace of Frederick County shall have

jurisdiction to hear and determine the same.

SEC 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 552.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 8

of Article 41 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-

land, entitled "Governor."

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

Repeal of a

land, That Section 8 of Article 41 of the Code of Public Gen-

section.

eral Laws of Maryland, entitled "Governor," be and the same

is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

8. The Governor may remit the whole or any part of any

Remitting a

recognizance which may be forfeited; provided, the judge of

recognizance

the court in which such forfeiture took place shall recommend

the remission of the whole or some part thereof ; and provided

further, that the Governor may remit the whole or any part of

any recognizance taken by a justice of the peace and forfeited,

upon recommendation of said justice of the peace, or upon

such other recommendation or statements of the fact as the

Governor may deem satisfactory.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 553.

AN ACT to authorize and empower J. H. Wingate and Henry

Jones to construct a wharf at Long Point, Dorchester

County.