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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

dred and seventy-six, chapter forty eight," entitled

"An act to regulate the closing of roads in Prince

George's county," be and the same is hereby repealed,

amended and the following enacted in lieu thereof:

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the Board of County

Commissioners of Prince George's county shall ap-

point, on or before the first day of July, eighteen

hundred and eighty, and on or before the first day

of the same month, yearly thereafter, as long as it

may be deemed necessary, in each election district of

Dispense
with public

said county, three discreet persons who are taxpay-
ers, who shall proceed at once to examine and report

roads.

what public roads, now kept up at the expense of

the county, may be dispensed with as public roads,

and from the expense of which the county ought to

be relieved, as also what public roads may with

advantage be straightened ; and the county commis-

sioners are hereby authorized and empowered to

adopt or reject said report.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the said board of

county commissioners shall permit any public road

Remain open
as private
road.

closed or dispensed with under the provisions of the
preceding section to remain open as a private or

local road, to be kept, however, in repair by the per-

son or persons desiring to use said road.

Compensa-
tion.

SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the persons appointed
under the first section of this act shall receive, as

pay for their services, one dollar and fifty cents for

every day they shall be actually engaged.

Effective.

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.