ART. 8.] RISING SUN—ROADS. 871

1862, ch. 151.

305. If the inhabitants of the village at any time neglect to
make an election as herein directed, the power of electing com-
missioners shall not thereupon cease, but shall continue as though
such election had been made; and the president and commis-
sioners for the time being shall remain in office until such annual
election shall be held.

1888, ch. 65.

306. An additional notary public shall be appointed by the
governor of this State in the manner provided by law for the
appointment of notaries public in this State, in and for the said
town of Rising Sun, whose term of office shall begin on the
same day as that of other notaries public of Cecil county.

ROADS.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 8, sec. 175.

307. No gates shall remain or be erected on any public road in
Cecil County, without an application by petition to the county
commissioners who may authorize them to be erected, in their
discretion, but only in the first election district of the county.

Ibid. sec. 176.

308. If the county commissioners shall become satisfied that
any gate which they have authorized to be erected is unnecessary,
they shall give sixty days' public notice to the person who erected
the same to remove it, after which time, if the gate be not re-
moved by said person, he shall forfeit and pay a sum of twenty-
five dollars for every gate not removed, and an additional fine of
one dollar per day for every day said gate shall remain after the
expiration of the sixty days' notice.

Ibid. sec. 177.

309. All fines imposed under the preceding section shall be
recovered in the name of the State, before a justice of the peace
of the county, one-half to the informer and the other half to the
county commissioners, for the use of the county.