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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 216.

AN ACT to remove all gates from the main public

roads of Anne Arundel county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That from and after the first day of

Not lawful

July, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one,
it shall not be lawful for any person with or without

the consent of the County Commissioners, to erect,

Gate upon
main public
loads.

have or keep any gate upon the main public roads
of Anne Arundel county, and the road supervisors of

said county shall cause all gates to be removed there-

from in their respective districts from and after the

date in this section hereinbefore named.

Any person

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person who

who shall hin-

shall in any way or manner hinder, obstruct, molest

der, &c., su-
pervisor.

or disturb any supervisor in the performance of the
duties required of him under the provisions of this

act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable

to presentment and indictment by the grand jury

of Anne Arundel county, and shall on conviction

Penalty.

thereof by a court of law, be fined in a sum not less

than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and be

imprisoned in the county jail for not less than thirty

days nor more than ninety days, or both, in the dis-

cretion of the court before which he shall be tried

and convicted, the said fine to be applied to the road

fund of the county.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any supervisor

who shall fail or neglect to perform his duties under

Liable to pre-
sentment.

the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and be liable to presentment and indict-

ment by the grand jury, and on conviction in a court

of law shall be fined not less than twenty-five dol-

lars nor more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of

the court, said fine to be applied to the said road

fund.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the eighth elec-

Exemption.

tion district of said county be and the same is hereby

exempted from the operations of this bill.

Approved April 1, 1878.