JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 415.

CHAPTER 276.
AN ACT to repeal the act passed on the twenty-first
of January, eighteen hundred and twenty, chapter
seventy, and the act passed on the tenth of Feb-
ruary, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, chapter
one hundred and twenty-eight, and the act passed
at the January session, eighteen hundred and
seventy, chapter four hundred and sixty-four,
relating to Kent Narrows.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of	Repealed.
Maryland, That the act passed on the twenty-first of
January, eighteen hundred and twenty, chapter
seventy, and the act passed on the tenth of February,
eighteen hundred and twenty-one, chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-eight, and the act passed at the Janu-
ary session, eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter
four hundred and sixty-four, relating to Kent Nar-
rows be and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the County Com-	Levy atnx to erect draw-
missioners of Queen Anne and Talbot counties, be	bridge
and they are hereby directed to levy a tax upon the
taxable property of their respective counties, for the
purpose of erecting a drawbridge over said Kent
Narrows, provided that one-half of the costs of erec-
ting said bridge, shall be levied upon the taxable
property of Queen Anne county, and one-half upon
the taxable property of Talbot county, the amount
levied upon each county, not to exceed the sum of
two thousand dollars, and provided also that the
draw of said bridge, shall not be less than sixty feet
in width.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said bridge shall	Controlled
be a free bridge, and shall be controlled by the
County Commissioners of Queen Anne county, in
such manner as to them may seem expedient.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That authority is hereby given to the Government of the United States, to open	Open and clean out.
and clean out the said Narrows, and to remove all
obstructions therefrom.