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from the aforesaid true meridian line at least once in every year, and
to deposit a copy of the same, with the date and time of such test,
accompanying the same with an affidavit verifying its correctness, with
the clerk of the county in which he may reside, to be by him recorded
in a book kept for that purpose, and every surveyor neglecting or refus-
ing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a
penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered with costs as debts of like
character are recovered before any justice of the peace in the county,
to be applied to such county uses as the county commissioners may
direct.

1904, art. 25, sec. 84. 1888, art. 25, sec. 80. 1870, ch. 359, sec. 4.

85. For recording each certificate of variations and affidavits of
the correctness of the same appended, and for copies or abstracts of the
same and for drawing certificate and seal therefor, the county clerk
shall be allowed the same fees as are now allowed by law for similar
services in regard to matters of record in his office, the said fees to be
paid by the parties presenting the same for record or demanding
abstracts or copies as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 85. 1888, art. 25, sec. 81. 1870, ch. 359, sec. 5.

86. Any person or persons who shall wilfully erase, deface, dis-
place, or otherwise injure said pillars, or any part thereof, or destroy,
break down or carry away the enclosure aforesaid, or any lock, bolt,
bar, or any part thereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 86. 1888, art. 25, sec. 82. 1870, ch. 359, sec. 6.

87. The commissioners of any county adopting the provisions of
sections 82 and 83 are hereby authorized to provide for the payment
of the costs of carrying out their provisions in the same manner that
other county expenses are paid.

Public Roads.

Ibid. sec. 87. 1888, art. 25, sec. 83. 1860, art. 28, sec. 12.
1853, ch. 220, sec. 2.

88. All applications for opening, altering or closing roads shall be
by petition to the county commissioners.

Where petitioners participate In the proceedings, thus making themselves
liable for costs, etc., their failure to sign the petition is a mere irregularity
not rendering the proceedings void. Smith v. Goldsborough, 80 Md. 57.

What is a "public road"? State v. Price, 21 Md. 454.

This section compared with the local act of 1900, ch. 685, section 205.
Riggs v. Winterode, 100 Md. 443.

Cited but not construed in Greenland v. Harford County, 68 Md. 63.

See notes to sec. 89.

As to public roads, see art. 91, sec. 33, et seq.

Ibid. sec. 88. 1888, art. 25, sec. 84. 1860, art. 28, sec. 13.
1853, ch. 220, sec. 2.

89. Whenever any citizen of any county intends to petition the
county commissioners for opening, altering or closing any road, he