4512 ARTICLE 21.

TUCKAHOE BRIDGE.

1890, ch. 298, sec. 1.

36. The County Commissioners of Caroline and Talbot Counties are
hereby authorized and directed to build a substantial bridge over said
river or creek, from some suitable point on the Caroline County shore, at
or near Horsey's landing, to a convenient and practicable point on the Tal-
bot County shore, the position to be determined by the County Commis-
sioners of the two counties, the object being to so locate the bridge as to
connect in the most direct and practicable manner the public road leading
from Denton to Harris' chapel, in Caroline County, with the public road
leading from Matthews to Todd's landing, in Talbot County, and the said
County Commissioners of Caroline and Talbot Counties are hereby author-
ized and empowered to acquire by inquisition, purchase or otherwise, all
the lands and materials necessary for the construction of the said bridge
and its abutments, for the convenience of public travel, and said bridge
when built, shall be maintained and kept in proper repair by the said
counties as a free bridge; provided, however, that the entire cost to the
said counties of Caroline and Talbot of the said bridge and abutments,
together with the cost of the necessary lands leading to and from the same,
to the fast land on either side, shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
of four thousand dollars.

1890, ch. 298, sec. 2.

37. The said bridge and abutments shall be built in the most secure
and substantial manner, and shall not be less than eighteen feet wide, with
railing on each side thereof, not less than four feet high, and there shall be
a draw in said bridge of at least forty feet in width, so as to afford a con-
venient passage to boats up and down said river or creek, which shall at
all times be opened on the approach of vessels, so as not to delay or inter-
rupt their passage.

1890, ch. 298, sec. 3. 1900. Ch. 190, sec. 3.

38. The County Commissioners of Caroline and Talbot Counties, a
majority of each board concurring, shall have full power and authority
to maintain and keep in safe repair a draw-bridge over the Tuckahoe
River, between Caroline and Talbot Counties, at the place known as Tuck-
ahoe Bridge, and said County Commissioners of Caroline and Talbot
Counties, a majority of each board concurring, shall have full power and
authority to make reasonable rules and regulations for the use of said
bridge, known as Tuckahoe Bridge by the public, and for the protection
of said bridge and other property belonging thereto and therewith and to
enforce the observance of said rules and regulations by enforcing upon
any person or persons violating the same any reasonable fine, not exceed-
ing ten dollars, for any violation thereof, which fine shall be collected as
small debts are now collected, and shall be recovered in the name of the
County Commissioners of said counties, before any justice of the peace
of either of the said counties in which the person or persons violating said