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not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for
each and every day of failure, neglect or refusal to comply with
the provisions of the preceding section, to be collected as small
fines are collected under existing laws of this State.

1886, ch. 124.

273. If any such railroad company or corporation shall fail,
neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of section 271,
it shall be the duty of the county commissioners to station guards
or flagmen at the points indicated, mentioned and directed in
said section to be guarded, which guards and flagmen shall be
paid by the railroad company or corporation whose crossings, in-
tersections or other points are guarded as aforesaid; and the pay
of each guard or flagman shall be fixed by the county commis-
sioners at the time of their appointment; provided, such compen-
sation is not more than other guards or flagmen get for similar
duty.

Ibid.

274. If any such railroad company or corporation shall fail,
neglect or refuse for the period of sixty days to pay the wages of
any guard or flagman appointed in compliance with the terms of
the preceding section by the county commissioners, then the
same shall be paid by them, and they shall forthwith proceed by
suit or action at law against said railroad company or corporation
upon whose track the services of such guard or flagman shall
have been performed for the recovery of the amount so paid.

Ibid.

275. If the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company construct
a bridge over the Philadelphia branch where it crosses the public
road leading from North-East to Bayview, mentioned in section
271, then it shall be relieved from compliance with the terms of
the provisions of the four preceding sections at the place so
bridged; provided, that said railroad company give the county
commissioners three months' notice of their intention to bridge
said crossing, stating kind of structure, depth of fill and slope of
grade; in which event the county commissioners shall determine
whether the said company shall bridge said crossing or keep a
guard or flagman as provided for in section 271.