JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1826.

every offence forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding twenty dol-
lars, to be recovered by said president and directors, on war-
rant and execution, bv and before any justice of the peace for
the county of Frederick.

CHAP. 147.

CHAP. CXLVIII.
An Act to change the Road and Divisional Line between Queen Anne 's and

Carojine Counties.

Passed Mar 5, 1827

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That William Temple, Kimmell Godwin and James M'Donough,
be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or
a majority of them, are hereby authorised to alter, change, and
put in good order, all that part of the public road and divisional
line between Queen-Anne's and Caroline counties, from the
village of Bullock-Town to the Delaware line, in suck manner
as they, or a majority of them, shall be of opinion will be most
conducive to the public interest; and it shall be the duty of the
said commissioners, or a majority of them, to cause so much of
the old road and divisional line aforesaid, as may be necessary,
to be laid down by a surveyor, and also such alteration as they,
or a majority of them, may make in said land, shewing in what
manner the alteration is made, and to return a plat thereof,
with the surveyor's certificate thereon, to the levy court of
Queen-Anne's and Caroline counties, and if the levy courts
aforesaid shall approve of the alteration made and certified as
aforesaid, the same shall be recorded by the clerks of the res-
pective county courts of Queen-Anne's and Caroline, and
thenceforward the said new road shall be held and considered
as a part of the public road and divisional line between Queen-
Anne's and Caroline counties, and shall be kept in repair in the
same manner as the public road and divisional line has been
and is now kept in repair.

Road may be

changed

2. And, be it enacted, That the levy courts of Queen- Anne's
and Caroline counties, after they shall have ratified the pro-
ceedings of the commissioners aforesaid, shall levy on the as-
sessable property of their respective counties, the sum of thirty
dollars each, for the purpose of carrying into effect the first sec-
tion of this act.

Levy authorised

CHAP. CXLIX.

An Act for Draining the Right Prong of a Branch in Queen Anne's County,
known by the name of The Andover Branch

Passed Mar 4, 1832

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the
petition of sundry inhabitants of Queen Anne's county, that they
are possessed of part of a valuable branch in said county called
Andover Branch, which they are desirous to drain, as well on ac-
count of insuring the better health of those living on said branch,
as also of rendering said branch arable; and as it is believed that
this desirable object cannot be well accomplished without the aid
of the legislature, by passing an act to secure the joint exertions
of all the proprietors of said branch ; Therefore,

Preamble

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall and may be lawful for the proprietors of the lands
lying on the right prong of a branch called the Andover Branch,

Proprietors to
meet and appoint
directors