868 SURVEYOR AND STATE SUBVEY. [ART. 91

give suitable names to the State highways and change the name of any
highway which becomes a part of the State highway. They shall erect
suitable guideposts at convenient points along State highways.

1912, ch. 371, sec. 32E-A.

37A. No opening shall be made in any such highway, nor shall any
structure be placed thereon, nor shall any structure which has been
placed thereon be changed or renewed except in accordance with a per-
mit from the commission, which shall exercise complete control over
such highways, except as herein otherwise provided. No State highway
shall be dug up for laying or placing pipes, sewers, poles, or wires or
railways, or for other purposes, and no trees shall be planted or removed
or obstructions placed thereon without the written permit of the State
Roads Commission, or its duly authorized agent, and then only in
accordance with the regulations of said commission; and the work shall
be done under the supervision and to the satisfaction of said commis-
sion ; and the entire expense of replacing the highway in as good con-
dition as before shall be paid by the persons to whom the permit was
given or by whom the work was done; provided, however, that no elec-
tric, railway company in operation upon any public or private road or
existing or abandoned turnpike, when acquired hereunder shall be dis-
turbed in its operation or in the maintenance of its roadbed and over-
head construction, and all necessary repairs, together with the main-
tenance of the space between its tracks and two feet on each side thereof
shall be performed by such railroad company under the supervision and
to the satisfaction of said commission. Any violation of any provision
of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and the person or corporation
violating the same shall be liable to prosecution at the instance of said
commission, or at the instance of any taxpayer, and upon conviction
before any justice of the peace exercising jurisdiction in the county
where the offence shall have been committed, shall be fined an amount
not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and no more than one hun-
dred dollars ($100.00) for each offence. Any person arrested under
this section shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court of such
county for trial, and all fines collected under this section shall be paid
to the State Roads Commission and by it applied to the maintenance
fund of said commission.

1914, ch. 490.

37B. Any person who shall ride, drive or walk upon any new road-
bed, or new repairs of any roadbed, constructed or being constructed
by or under the supervision of the State Roads Commission of Mary-
land before the same is opened for traffic, and any person who shall
remove any light or guard set up for the purpose of closing said road
or any part thereof to traffic, and any person who shall otherwise
maliciously injure or damage in any manner any highway built under
the provisions of Article 91 of the Code aforesaid, either in the course