148 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

any road district, to levy upon the assessable property within such
road district, an additional special tax of not more than ten cents
on the hundred dollars, to be collected as other county taxes, and
to be expended under the direction of the county commissioners
in the improvement of the roads within said district.

1886, ch. 885.

199. Every supervisor shall be liable, in an action on his bond
in the name of the State, for any damage resulting from any
dereliction in the performance of his duties, or he shall be liable
to indictment in the circuit court for said county and may be
fined, at the discretion of the court; and the fines imposed shall
likewise be applied to the road fund of his said district.

Ibid.

200. If any person shall purposely destroy or injure any
bridge or culvert, or dig any ditch or drain across any road and
not keep such ditch or drain secure and well covered and in good
repair for the passage of all vehicles over the same to the full
width of said road, or if any person shall drain any water into or
upon any public road, for such offence and for each and every day
any such ditch or drain shall be suffered to remain out of repair
and injurious to such road, he shall be liable to be sued in an
action of debt before a justice of the peace in the name of the
said commissioners, in which said action the amount recoverable
shall not be less than five nor more than fifty dollars, each party
having the right of appeal to the circuit court, as in other cases
of small debts; and the sums recovered in any such action shall
be applied to the use of the public roads of the county.

1882, ch. 37.

201. It shall not be lawful for any person, with or without
the consent of the county commissioners, to erect, have or keep
any gate upon the main public roads of Anne Arundel county;
and the road supervisors of said county shall cause all gates to be
removed therefrom in their respective districts.

Ibid.

202. Any person who shall, in any way or manner, hinder,
obstruct, molest or disturb any supervisor in the performance of