ART. 15.] ROADS. 1475

ROADS.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 14, sec. 1S2.

167. The supervisors of roads in said county may cut an open-
ing in any bank erected alongside of the public roads, so that the
water may pass off.

Ibid. sec. 153.

168. The supervisors of roads in Kent county may enter upon

adjacent lands, and by ditching or otherwise, draw the water from
the public roads.

Ibid. sec. 154.

169. The county commissioners upon satisfactory proof may
make allowances and levy for any injury that may be done by
such drainage to the owners of said lands.

Ibid. sec. 155.

170. The filling up or obstruction of such avenues or openings,
may be punished by the circuit court for Kent county by present-
ment or indictment as for obstructions of the public roads.

Ibid. sec. 160.

171. If any person shall alter, change, obstruct or encroach
upon any public road in said county, or cut down, destroy or
injure any of the bridges, causeways, boundaries, marks or direc-
tions therein or thereon, he shall, on conviction in the circuit
court for said county, be fined, at the discretion of the court, not
exceeding fifty dollars, the same to be paid to and accounted for
by the supervisor of the district where the road lies.

Ibid. sec. 161.

172. The county commissioners may, upon application, an
thorize the erection of gates upon any public road in said county.

Ibid. sec. 162.

173. The owner of every gate kept on the public road shall
have the same hung on good iron hinges, swinging clear and free,
and easily to be opened, and shall keep the same and that part of
the road he shall occupy immediately round about said gate, for
the space of ten yards, in good order and repair.