ART. 8. ] CECIL COUNTY. 291
ARTICLE VIII.

Cecil County.

CIRCUIT COURT. 63. Sub-Sec. 1 Pay of crier and bailiffs. FISH. 100. Sub-Sec. 1. Unlawful to whip, &c., Mill creek, &c. Sub-Sec. 2, Penalty: how applied. NORTH-EAST. 114. Incorporated. 115. Voters election of commissioners. 11G. How elections conducted. 117. Commissioners' oath, 118 Vacancy, how filled. 119 Failure to elect, not to work forfei- ture. 120. Meetings of commissioners, presi- dent. 121. Powers of president and commis- sioners. 122. Power to arrest for illegal driving. 123. Lock-up. 124. Limits of town. 123. Power to establish streets, &c. 126. Opening, laying out, &c., streets. 127. Proceedings in case of feme covert, &c. 128. Jury. 129. Jurors' oath.

130. How damages estimated: inquisition returnable to circuit court, 131. New inquisition. 132. What inquisition to describe. 133. Wharves, power to regulate the build- Ing of. 131. Persons may build wharves and charge wharfage. 135. Taxes. assessment. proviso. 136. Party aggrieved may appeal. 137. Appointment of officers. 138 Bailiff, bond of. 139. How payment of taxes enforced. 140. President, ex officio, justice of the peace: duties of. 141. Town hall. 142. Fines, how collected. CECILTON. 212. Powers of president and commis- sioners. 213. Fines. 214. How fines collected. 215. Bailiff. SWINE. 210. Not to run at large 217. May be impounded. notice. 218. May be sold. 219. Disputes, how settled.,

BRIDGES.

1870, c. 415 entitled an act for the better protection of the bridge over Sassafras river,
from Fredericktown, in Cecil county, to Georgetown, in Kent county, enacts:

1. That all persons passing over the Sassafras river bridge on horseback, in car-
riages, carts, wagons, sleighs, or other vehicles, shall be required to put their horses
in a walk, otherwise to be fined five dollars for each and every offence; it shall bo
the duty of the bridge tender to see to the enforcement of this act; any justice of
the peace for either Cecil county or Kent county, in -which any party violating the
above provisions may be found, shall have jurisdiction in the matter; said penalty
to be recovered in the name of the county commissioners of said counties, in an
action for debt

2. That all captains, owners, masters and sailors of vessels, going through the
draw of said bridge, shall be required to lower and to take in as much sail as shall
be necessary to prevent damage by carelessness before going through the same, and
at a sufficient distance therefrom, to remove liability of injury or damage to said
drawbridge by the headway of such vessels, and shall use, in the management of
said vessels, reasonable care to prevent injury.