684 CAROLINE COUNTY. [ART. 6.

1878, ch. 416. 1880, ch. 148 1882, ch 161.

198. The said constable thus authorized to make sale of such
stock, if not returned to the owner as aforesaid, shall, out of the
monies arising from such sale, first pay the person taking up the
stock, and the costs and charges and expenses incurred, and the
balance, if any, to the owner of such stock; and should no one
claim said balance as owner within sixty days of said sale, the
constable shall pay the same to the treasurer of the school fund
of Caroline county, to be applied to the benefit of the public
schools of said county.

NAVIGATION OF NANTICOKE RIVER.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 6, sec. 140.

199. All weirs and hedges made in the northwest fork branch
of the Nanticoke river from the northwest fork bridge to the
mill of Robert Boyce, so as to prevent the free passage of vessels,
scows, rafts of logs or scantling passing to and from said mill,
shall be deemed nuisances, and may be taken out of said branch
or river by any person, and destroyed.

Ibid. sec. 141.

200. Any person who shall place any weir or hedge in said
river between said points so as to stop the passage of boats, ves-
sels, scows, rafts of logs or scantling, or in any manner to injure
the navigation thereof, shall be subject to a fine of twenty dol-
lars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace of Caroline

county as small debts are recovered, one-half to the informer or
person who may sue for the same, the other half to the use of
the county.

OFFICERS' FEES.

1876. ch. 216.

201. All accounts for officers' fees shall be made out in a fair
and clear manner, and in words at length; and whenever any
person interested in them, or to whom the same are charged, shall
require a copy of such account, said officers shall in as short a
time as may be convenient give him an account of said charges
in words at length; and no account for officers' fees, by any of
the several officers herein named, rendered for services to or in