1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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they shall occupy immediately round about said gate

or gates, for the space often yards, in good order and

repair, so as to impede as little as possible, persons

travelling with carriages of pleasure or burthen.

Annual tax

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That on all gates authori-

sed by this act to he kept on the public roads, the own-

er or owners thereof shall pay a tax of one dollar for

each of the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven

and eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and a tax of

two dollars and fifty cents for every year thereafter,

for each and every gate by him, her or them kept on

the public roads in said county.

Supervisors to re-

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That it shall be the du-

turn list of gates

ty of the supervisor of the public roads, at the time they

render their accounts for settlement to the Levy court,

to accompany the same with a list, under oath, of the

number of gates which are on the road of which he is

supervisor, and designate to whom they belong; and

when a list of gates has been so rendered by the super-

Owners to stand charged

visor, the person or persons to whom they belong, shall

stand charged annually on the books of the collector,

therewith, until the said owner or owners of such gate

or gates, shall satisfy the Levy court of their abate-

ment and removal.

Levy of gate tax

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Levy court of

said county shall, when making out the list of taxes,

enter to each owner or owners of a gate or gates on the

public roads in said county, the amount of their gate

tax, in addition to their regular county tax, to be col-

lected by the collector of the county tax, as their tax-

es are collected.

Payment over and

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all monies collected

application

by the collector of said county, under the provisions of

this act, shall be paid over to, and applied by the Le-

vy court of said county to the general expenses of said

county.

Tenant may pay

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That in all cases where te-

the gate tax

nants shall reside on lands through which public roads

may pass, on which any gate or gates are now kept, it

shall and may be lawful for such tenants to pay the

tax thereon, who shall be allowed the same by his land-