JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 497

CHAPTER 318.
AN ACT to repeal an act passed January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-six, chapter forty-
eight, entitled " An act to regulate the closing of
roads in Prince George's county," and to enact
the following instead thereof:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the act passed January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-six, chapter forty-
eight, entitled " An act to regulate the closing of	Repeal.
roads in Prince George's county," be and the same
is hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the Board of Com-
missioners of Prince George's county shall appoint,
on or before the first day of May, eighteen hundred
and seventy-eight, in each election district, three discreet persons, who shall proceed at once to ex-	Repoitwbat roads may be
amine and report what public roads in their judgment may be dispensed with, as also what public roads	dispensed with.
may with advantage be straightened ; and the Coun-
ty Commissioners are hereby authorized and empow-
ered to adopt or reject said report.
SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the said Board of
County Commissioners shall permit any public road	Remain open
closed under the provisions of the preceding section,	as private
to remain open as a private road, to be kept, how-	load.
ever, in repair by the person or persons desiring to
use said road.
SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the persons appoint- ed under the first section of this act shall serve	Serve with- out pay.
without pay.
SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1878.

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