ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said bridge and abutments

shall be built in the most secure and substantial manner, and

shall not be less than eighteen feet wide, with railing on each

Dimen-

side thereof, not less than four feet high, and there shall be a

sions.

draw in said bridge of at least forty feet in width, so as to afford

a convenient passage to boats up and down said river or creek,

which shall at all times be opened on the approach of vessels, so

as not to delay or interrupt their passage.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the county commissioners of

Caroline and Talbot counties shall annually, on the first Tuesday

in May, in each year and every year, appoint one person for each

county, who shall be a land holder and resident of the respective

election district in each county in which the said bridge may be

To super-
intend.

located; the said two persons so chosen shall elect a third person

as a president who shall be a resident of one of the election dis-

tricts in which the said bridge may be located, and the said per-

sons so chosen shall act as a board to superintend and manage the

affairs of said bridge under such rules and regulations as the

said board so constituted may prescribe, and which shall have

full and ample powers for the superintendence and management

of said bridge, but who shall serve without any compensation for

their services.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the county commissioners of

Caroline and Talbot counties be and they are hereby authorized

and directed to levy on the assessable property of Caroline and

Talbot counties, such sums of money as may be necessary to carry

How paid

out and secure the provisions of this act, not to exceed the sum

of four thousand dollars, the expense thereof to be paid and

borne, one-third by Caroline county and the remaining two-thirds

by Talbot county, and to be levied at their regular annual levy.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the cost of maintaining the

said bridge and keeping it in safe repair and condition for public

travel shall be paid in the same ratio as in the preceding section,
viz : one-third by Caroline county and two-thirds by Talbot county,
and the county commissioners of the aforesaid counties are hereby

Authority
to levy.

authorized and empowered to levy upon the assessable property of

their respective counties such sums of money as may be necessary

from time to time to defray said cost in the proportions afore-

said.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That there shall be appointed an-

nually some competent person to act as bridge-keeper, whose duty

it shall be to attend to the opening and closing of the draw of

said bridge when so required, and also to attend to such other

Bridge

duties in regard to keeping said bridge in safe and proper con-

keeper

dition for public travel; and the said bridge-keeper shall receive

for his services such compensation as the said county commis-

sioners of Caroline and Talbot counties shall deem just and