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	company, and that thereafter said bridge shall be taken, held and
	perpetuated as a free public bridge between said counties.
	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person having any right of
	action against said county commissioners for or on account of said
	biidge may sue either board of commissioners as he may elect,
	said for any recovery in any such suit the commissioners of the	Suits.
	other county shall be liable to contribute in proportion to its
	ownership in said bridge.
	SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the county commissioners of
	Kent county and of Queen Anne's county a majority of each con-
	curring, shall have full power and authority to make reasonable
	rules and regulations for the use of said bridge by the public, and
	for the protection of said bridge and other property belonging
	thereto or therewith, and to enforce the observance thereof by im-
	posing upon the party violating the same, any reasonable fine not exceeding ten dollars for any violation thereof, which fines shall
	be collected as small debts are. now collected, and shall be re-
	covered in the name of the county commissioners of said counties	Fines.
	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 or refusal to pay and inability to collect by legal
	process, the party so fined shall be committed 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, misdemeanor, and the jus-
	tice of the peace shall make this a part of his judgment, "and said
	fines shall be applied to the keeping of said bridge in repair."
	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the deed from said Chester
	bridge company to said county commissioners of Kent county and	Record.
	of Queen Anne's county shall be recorded in both of said counties.
	SEC 7. And be it enacted, That, the levies under this act and
	the act to which this is supplementary shall not, nor shall any
	part thereof be paid or be payable to the town commissioners of	Levies.
	Chestertown, and that section seventy-one, of article thirteen, of
	the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Kent county," sub-title
	"Chestertown," shall not apply to nor affect any levies for the
	purchase or repair of said bridge.
	SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all parts of the act to which	Repeal.
	this is a supplement which are inconsistent with this act, and
	only such parts thereof, and no other are hereby repealed.
	SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That upon the completion of said
	purchase and sale, and the execution and delivery of said deed,	Liability.
	said Chester bridge company shall be released from all liability
	for or on account of said bridge.
	SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from	Effective.
	the date of its passage.
	Approved March 14, 1890.