THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

1833.

heretofore authorised by this act, shall be enlarged by

CHAP, 357.

the amount of purchased money and expenses aforesaid.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the third section of

Third sec, of origi-

the act to which this is a supplement, and the provisoes

nal act And provisoes of

of the sixth and seventh sections thereof, be, and the

sixth and seventh sections repealed

same are hereby repealed; provided that the Baltimore

Assent of Balt and Ohio R. R com-

and Ohio Rail Road Company shall assent to the stipu-

pany required

lations and agreement contained in the seventh section

thereof.

CHAPTER 357.

An act to regulate Gates in Kent County.

Passed June 1,1836

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assem-

bly, by the petition of sundry citizens of Kent coun-

Preamble

ty, that many of the citizens of Kent county are

compelled from the want of timber, and means of

enclosing their fields, to keep gates on the public roads

passing through their farms; and whereas, the county

court for Kent county, at their last March Term de-

cided that gates on the public roads are public nui-

sances, thereby subjecting the owners or keepers of

them to all the penalties imposed by law on such as

shall obstruct the public high ways, whereby the real

estates of many would he rendered almost valueless,

and many of the citizens ruined without some legisla-

tive aid : Therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Present gates, and no more admitted

Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,

it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons in

Kent county, who at the present time have and keep

any gate or gates on the public roads in the said coun-

ty, to continue to have and keep the same and no more,

subject nevertheless to all tiie taxes, impositions, re-

Conditions

strictions and conditions hereinafter prescribed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all and every own-

Well hung and road in order

er or owners of a gate or gates kept on the public roads

in the county aforesaid, shall have his, her or their

gate or gates, hung on good and sufficient iron hinges,

swinging clear and free, and easily to be opened, and

shall keep the same, and that part of the road which

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