ART. 11. ] FREDERICK COUNTY. 337

cease, but shall continue as though such election had
been made, and the president and commissioners for
the time being shall remain in office until such annual
election shall be held.

Approved and in force March 23, 1870.

ROADS.

1870, c. 2, entitled an act to authorize the county commissioners of Frederick county
to subscribe to the stock of turnpike companies in said county, enacts as follows:

1. That whenever three-fifths of the capital stock of any turnpike company in
Frederick county, chartered and organized since the first day of January, A. D. 1868,
or to be hereafter organized, shall have been subscribed for and taken by responsi-
ble, bona fide stockholders, the county commissioners of said county are author-
ized and empowered to subscribe for such portion of the remaining two-fifths of the
said capital stock as they in their discretion may deem proper, in the name and for
the benefit of said county, and shall be entitled to be represented at all meetings of
the stockholders of said company, by the county commissioners for the time being,
or by such person or persons as may be duly authorized by them; provided, said road
or roads so subscribed to shall be graded for a width of twenty feet, fourteen of which
shall be covered with stone, of an average depth of nine inches; provided, also, that
in accordance with the provisions of article 3, section 54, of the constitution, this act
shall be published in the newspapers printed in said county for two months before
the next election for members of the house of delegates, and shall also be approved
by a majority of all the members elected to each house of the general assembly, at
its next session after said election.

2. That the county commissioners of the said county are authorized to issue the
bonds of the county to the amount of the stock so subscribed, and to negotiate
said bonds upon the most favorable terms, provided, they shall not be sold for less
than par, and the said county commissioners are authorized to levy upon the assess-
able property of the county an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest upon
said bonds, and the principal at maturity.

Approved and in force February 2, 1870.

WOODSBORO'.

1870, c. 201 repeals sections 345 and 348 and re-enacts the same to read as follows:

345. All fines and forfeitures for the violation of any of the ordinances of the said corporation, if not paid on the rendering of the judgment of the burgess, or the judgment of some justice of the peace residing within the corporate limits, or good security given for the same, shall subject the offender or offenders to im- prisonment on commitment to the jail of Frederick

1870, c 201. Party failing to pay fine may be imprisoned.