CALVERT COUNTY. 1509

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 120. 1880, ch. 366.

260. If, in the construction and repair of the public roads of the
county it be necessary for the proper drainage of said roads, it shall be
lawful for said Road Commissioners and supervisors to let off the water
therefrom upon the adjoining lands, at such places as may be proper and
necessary; provided, it shall be done with as little injury as possible to
the owners of said lands, and provided the drains through such lands be
continued so as to prevent the spreading of the water so let off the roads
over cultivated fields.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 121. 1880, ch. 366.

261. If any person shall obstruct, fill up or otherwise wilfully injure
the drains made for conducting the water from the public roads, or shall
encroach upon any public roads by fences or other obstruction, or dig
any ditch or drain across any road, and fail to keep such ditch or drain
well covered and in good repair for the passage of vehicles over the same,
or if any person shall drain any water into or upon any public roaid, each
and every such person, for every such offense, shall be subject to a fine,
for the use of the county, of not less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 122. 1878, ch. 404. 1900, ch. 732.

262. It shall not be lawful for any person to erect a gate upon or
across any public road in Calvert County where there is not now a gate
already erected; and any person violating the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof before a justice of the peace for Calvert
County, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined not more than
fifty nor less than ten dollars, which fine shall be collected as other small
debts are, and shall be paid to the County Commissioners; provided tha«t
nothing in this section shall prevent William A. -Parran, Jr., from erecting
and maintaining two gates on the public road lately opened through his
farm in the Second Election District of Calvert, intersecting the road
leading from Prince Frederick to Huntingtown.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 123. 1880, ch. 305.

263. It shall not be lawful for any person to erect or keep any gate
on or across any public road in Calvert County; and any person violating
this section shall, on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace, be
adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined not less than twenty-five
nor more than fifty dollars, which fine shall be collected as other small
debts are, and one-half be paid to the informer and the other half to the
County Commissioners.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 124. 1880, ch. 305.

264. It shall be the duty of the road supervisors to remove from the
public roads in their respective districts or sections in said county, all and
any gate or gates which they shall find thereon in violation of the pro-