ART. 21.] ROADS. 1889

agreement shall be entered on the books of the county commis-
sioners, and such water-course shall be opened; but if they can-
not agree, and the county commissioners decide that the opening
of such water-course is necessary to drain said road, they shall
authorize the said supervisor or contractor to summon a jury of
twelve men to value and condemn the said water-course, deduct-
ing from their estimate the value, if any, that such water-course
will be to the owner of said property through which it shall pass,
and as soon as the money for such water-course is tendered to
the owner of said private property, the said supervisor or con-
tractor shall immediately cause such water-course to be opened.

1886, ch. 234.

172. It shall not be lawful to obstruct the public roads of
Talbot county, by filling up the side ditches of said roads with
logs, wood, rails, brush or any other materials, nor shall any per-
son throw the trimmings of hedges, fence comers or brush from
fallen trees, upon said roads or in said ditches, or make the said
roads a place of deposit for cord-wood, logs or anything that does
not belong to said road; and any person violating the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction of the same before any justice of the peace for
Talbot county, he shall be fined a sum of not less than two nor
more than ten dollars for each and every offence; which fine
shall be collected as other fines and forfeitures are now collected,
and when so collected shall be paid over to the county commis-
sioners, by the officer collecting the same, within thirty days
thereafter.

1884, ch. 465.

173. It shall not be lawful for any person to place and
keep any portable steam saw-mill within a distance of seven-
ty-five yards of any of the public roads of Talbot county; any
person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be
subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than
fifty dollars, one-half of which, when collected, shall go to the
informer, and the other half to the county commissioners, for the
benefit of the school fund of said county.

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