ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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of the peace of said county, shall be fined the sum of

five dollars, and on failure to pay said fine shall be

confined in the county jail for a term of ten days.

SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the fines which

may be collected by any justice of the peace of said

county, under the provisions of this act, and the

money paid to said clerk of the circuit court for

Fines— how

licenses under the provisions of this act, be paid by

disposed of.

said justice of the peace and the clerk to the county

commissioners of said county, to be by them placed to

the credit of the school fund for said county.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the

duty of the constable of the several election districts

of the county aforesaid, to arrest any person or per-

Duty of con-
stables.

sons violating any of the provisions of this act, and

take them before the nearest justice of the peace, to

be dealt with as this act has heretofore directed.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That this act

Effective.

shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 31, 1884.

Chapter 160.

AN ACT to adjust, prescribe and provide further

security for the debts and obligations of the Sus-

quehanna and Tide Water Canal Companies, to

the State of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the interest, payable by the Sus-

quehanna Canal Company and by the Tide Water

Canal Company to the State of Maryland, under the

obligations of said respective companies, executed in

pursuance of the provisions of the act of December ses-

sion, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, chapter four

Interest re-
duced.

hundred and sixteen, entitled An act to insure the

completion of the Susquehanna Canal, and of the

Tide Water Canal, as modified by the act of December

session, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter three

hundred and sixty-three, entitled an act in aid of the

Susquehanna Canal Company and of the Tide Water