CAROLINE COUNTY. 1547

1894, ch. 618, sec. 4.

75. The County Commissioners shall annually appoint some suitable
and competent persons to act as bridge-keepers, whose duty it shall be
to attend to the opening and closing of the draw of said bridges, and also
to attend to such other duties in regard to keeping said bridges in safe
and proper condition for public travel; and the said bridge-keepers shall
receive such compensation for his services as the said County Commis-
sioners shall deem just and proper, to be provided for, together with all
other necessary expenses for maintaining and keeping said bridges in safe
repair and condition, in the annual road levy for said county; provided,
however, that the draw in said bridges shall at no time be left open longer
than is necessary to allow the passage through said draw of the boat or
steamer for which the same was opened.

CAMP MEETINGS.

1916, ch. 518.

76. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, association or organ-
ization of any kind whatsoever to hold any campmeeting or bushmeeting
within the limits of Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Kent and
Worcester Counties without first making application in writing at least
fifteen days prior to the date of beginning of such campmeeting or bush-
meeting, and obtaining a permit therefor from the County Commissioners
of the respective counties for the holding of such campmeeting or bush-
ineeting therein. That such application for a permit, as aforesaid, shall
be accompanied by a petition in writing, signed by at least twenty-five
taxpayers, each of whom shall reside within three miles of the place where
such campmeeting or bushmeeting is to be held, and such petition shall
have annexed thereto as a part thereof an affidavit to the effect that each
of the said petitioners are bona fide taxpayers and of their residences
within three miles of said place of such proposed meeting. And when-
ever the County Commissioners of any of the respective counties shall
have any reasonable grounds for believing that any lawlessness or disorder
will occur, at said campmeeting or bushmeeting, they shall refuse to grant
such permit, and if, after issuing any permit to hold any campmeeting or
bushmeeting, there shall be any lawlessness or disorder reported to said
County Commissioners, it shall be the duty of said officials to investigate
or have investigated by the Sheriff or other officer of said county, the
matter, and upon proof of said lawlessness or disorder they shall forth-
with revoke said permit, and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff, or other
officer of the respective counties, to enforce the provisions of this Act.
Any person or persons, or the officers of any association or organization,
violating the provisions of this Act, shall, upon conviction thereof before
any justice of the peace of the respective counties, be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every
offense; and upon failure to pay said fine or cost shall stand committed
to the county jail of the county wherein such conviction shall occur for a