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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

purpose at the time such road is laid out, and when opened and

sufficiently cleaned shall be a public road, and a statement declar-

ing such road a public highway shall be published by the clerk of

the county commissioners in one or more newspapers published in

Talbot county.

Effective

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 483.

AN ACT to authorize the county commissioners of Queen Anne's

county and the county commissioners of Kent county, to make

rules and regulations for the use, by the public, of bridges be-

longing jointly to said counties.

SECTION 1. And be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the county commissioners of Queen Anne's county, and

To make

the county commissioners of Kent county, a majority of each board

rules.

of said commissioners concurring, shall have full power and au-

thority to make reasonable rules and regulations for the use, by

the public, of all bridges which are the joint property of the said

counties of Kent and Queen Anne's county, and for the protection

of said bridges and other property belonging thereto or there-

with, and to enforce the observance of said rules and regulations

thus made, by imposing upon the party violating said rules and

regulations, any reasonable fine, not exceeding ten dollars, for any

violation of said rules and regulations, which fines shall be col-

lected as small debts are now collected, and shall be recovered in

the name of the county commissioners of said counties before any

justice of the peace of either of said counties in which the party

violating such rules and regulations shall be found, and on failure

Fines.

or refusal to pay any fine imposed under this law, or inability to

collect the same by legal process, the party so fined may be com-

mitted to the county jail of the county for a period not exceeding

ten days, in the same manner as commitments are made for fines

imposed by the circuit courts of this State on conviction for mis-

demeanors, and the justice of the peace shall make this a part of

his judgment, and said fines shall be applied to the keeping of said

bridges in repair.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.