FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 512.

AN ACT to prohibit fast driving or riding on or over the

highway bridge across the Potomac River at Hancock,

Maryland, of the Hancock Bridge Company of Washing-

ton County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That it shall be unlawful for any person or per-

Driving

sons riding, driving or leading any horse, mule or other

over bridge
at

animals, loose or attached to a vehicle, out of or faster than

Hancock

a walk, on or over the highway bridge, across the Potomac

River, at Hancock, Maryland, of the Hancock Bridge Com -

pany of Washington County, under a penalty of ten dollars

for each and every offense.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all such fines, as well as

tolls or fees for crossing said bridge be and the same are

Fines and

made collectable before any justice of the peace in and for

fees

Washington County. Maryland, by the same process and

proceedure as ordinary debts are now collected and that the

horse, mule or other animal or vehicle so ridden or driven

is hereby made liable to execution and sale for said fine or

toll, provided, that said horse, mule or other animal or

vehicle was so used by the owner thereof or with his

knowledge and consent.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the regular keeper

Authority

of said bridge shall be duly commissioned by the Commis-

of keeper

sioners of Washington County as a police with the authority

of a constable for the purpose of enforcing the foregoing

provisions.

SEC. 4. And he it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.