WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE GOVERNOR. 461

	CHAPTER 311.
	AN ACT to prevent encroachment upon or ob-
	struction of the public roads of Washington coun-
	ty, by adding additional sections to article twenty-
	one of the Code of Public Local Laws, title
	" Washington county," sub-title " Roads," to be
	known as sections two hundred and thirty-four
	A, two hundred and thirty-four B, and two hun-
	dred and thirty-four C.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted ty the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the following additional
	sections be added to article twenty-one of the Code
	of Public Local Laws, title " Washington county," sub-title " Roads," to be known as sections two hun-	Additional sections
	dred and thirty-four A, two hundred and thirty-four
	15, and two hundred and thirty-four C.
	SEC. 234 A. It shall not be lawful for any person	Not to ob-
	to encroach upon or to obstruct the county roads of	struct roads
	Washington county.
	SEC. 234 B. Upon complaint of one or more tax-
	payers of Washington county to the County Commis- sioners of Washington county, of any person or
	persons having encroached upon or obstructed the
	county roads by setting out fences, or hauling or
	throwing obstructions on said roads, the county com-
	missioners shall direct the county surveyor to make
	a survey of said road and ascertain the correct	Make survey.
	location of the centre line, and after marking with
	stakes the outside lines of said road as originally
	laid out, he shall report to the County Commission-
	ers of Washington county, at their next meeting, the
	name or names of such persons or person who have
	encroached upon with fences or otherwise obstructed
	said road ; the said county commissioners shall then
	pass an order notifying such person or persons to set
	back their fences so as to give to said road its legal
	width, or to remove the obstructions, as the case may
	be, and place a copy of said order in the hands of the