WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 37.

AN ACT to repeal chapter two hundred and six-

teen of the Acts of the General Assembly of

Maryland, passed at the January session, eighteen

hundred and seventy-eight, entitled " An Act to

Remove all Gates from the Main Public Roads of

Anne Arundel county," and to re-enact the same

with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That chapter two hundred and

sixteen of the Acts of the General Assembly of

Repealed and

Maryland, passed at the January session, eighteen

re-enacted.

hundred and seventy-eight, entitled " An Act to

Remove all Gates from the Main Public Roads of

Anne Arundel county," be and the same is hereby

repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That from and after

the first day of January, eighteen hundred and

eighty-three, it shall not be lawful for any person,

Unlawful to

with or without the consent of the County Commis-
sioners, to erect, have or keep any gate upon the

erect gates up-
on main public
roads.

main public roads of Anne Arundel county, and

the road supervisors of said county shall cause all

gates to be removed therefrom in their respective

districts from and after the date in this section here-

inbefore named.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person who

shall, in any way or manner, hinder, obstruct, molest

or disturb any supervisor in the performance of the

duties required of him under the provisions of

this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor

and be liable to presentment and indictment by the

Liable to pre-
sentment and

grand jury of Anne Arundel county, and shall on

indictment.

conviction 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 discretion of the court before which he

shall be tried and convicted, the said fine to be ap-

plied 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