DORCHESTER COUNTY. 2341

1912, ch. 514, sec. 279D.

467. That the said County Road Engineer, whenever requested by the

County Commissioners to do so, shall take charge of and supervise all
contract work on the county roads and bridges entered into by the said
County Commissioners with the State Roads Commission, or under the
provisions of the Shoemaker Act, when not actually engaged in the gen-
eral road work of said county.

1912, ch. 514, sec. 2.

468. Any law or laws, or part or parts of any law or laws heretofore
enacted and affecting or pertaining to the County Commissioners or roads
and ditches in said Dorchester County, are hereby saved and shall remain
in full effect and force, except so far as the same or any of them may be
repealed by or may be inconsistent and in conflict with the provisions of
this Act.

1927, ch. 480, sec. 279E.

469. The County Road Engineer of Dorchester County, upon his own
authority, or upon direction of the County Commissioners of said county,
during the months of January, February and March, shall order any of
the county roads of said county, which are not under the control and
supervision of the State Roads Commission, closed to all traffic except
passenger vehicles carrying not more than seven persons or one thousand
pounds in weight, vehicles run upon rails or tracks, police vehicles, fire
engines or fire trucks, and vehicles provided for the transportation of
school children, at such times and for such periods of time as in his or
their judgment, as the case may be, said road or roads are in condition
to be susceptible to unreasonable damage. The County Road Engineer
shall post a suitable sign or signs on such road or roads as may be deter-
mined upon, clearly displaying proper notice of the closing of such road
or roads as herein provided, and when, in the judgment of the County
Commissioners, or of the County Road Engineer, said road or roads are
again in condition for general use, said sign or signs shall be removed
by said County Road Engineer.

1927. ch. 480, sec. 279F.

470. Any person or persons, firm or corporation, disregarding such

signs, posted as hereinbefore provided, and making use of any road or
roads in said county, contrary to such notice, or who shall remove,
mutilate or disfigure said sign or signs, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall, upon conviction thereof before any magistrate having criminal
jurisdiction in said county, or in the circuit court for said county, be
punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars for the first offense, and by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars for each
subsequent offense, and to stand committed until the fine and costs of
prosecution are paid, the amount of the fine to be determined as nearly
as may be in accordance with the amount of damage done to the road in