ART. 2. ] ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.
ROADS.

1870, c. 427 adds the following:

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234. From and after the passage of this act it shall
not be lawful for any person, with or without the con-
sent of the county commissioners, to erect a gate upon
the public roads of Anne Arundel and Prince George's
counties where there is not now a gate already erected;
and whenever a new road shall be opened as a public
highway in either of said counties, the supervisor of the
district shall cause all gates to be removed therefrom.

1870. c 427, s. 1
Gates not to be
erected on pub-
lic roads.

235. Any person who shall violate the provisions, of
the preceding section shall pay a fine of twenty dollars,
to be recovered by action of debt before a justice of the
peace in the name of the county commissioners, to be
applied to the road fund of the county, and any super-
visor who shall fail or neglect to perform his duties
under the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay
a fine of twenty dollars, to be recovered in the same
manner and to be applied to said fund.

Approved April 4, 1870.

Ibid. s. 2.
Penalty for vio-
lation.