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demeanor, and upon indictment and conviction

Penalty.

thereof may be fined for each and every said offence

a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than five

hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the Governor

Appoint a
commission.

shall appoint a commission of three competent per-
sons to examine the mines of Alleghany and Garrett

counties and report before, the next session of the

General Assembly, with recommendations for such

May appear

legislation as to said commission may appear just

just.

and necessary for the proper supervision and regula-

tion of said mines.

In force.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved March 27, 1878.

CHAPTER 158.

AN ACT to transfer to the counties of Alleghany

and Garrett the control of the National Turnpike

or United States Road through said counties, and

to provide for the maintenance thereof.

Whereas the United States Road, commencing at

Cumberland and extending westwardly through the

counties of Allegany and Garrett, in this State, was

surrendered to the State of Maryland by the pro-

Preamble.

visions of an act of the Congress of the United States,

passed June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and

thirty-four, and by further act thereof passed March

third, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and said

State of Maryland assumed the care and control of

said road.

And, whereas the tolls arising from said road have

been found to be insufficient to keep the same in a

Preamble.

proper condition, and the said counties are willing to
assume the care of said road in order that the same