JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1827.

draw in said bridge, in order to admit vessels to pass through
without delay or interruption, ifor which no reward shall be
demanded or received, and in case of any neglect, the said
owner or owners may be indicted and fined in Cecil or Kent
county courts as for a common nuisance.

CHAP, 137

Sec. 4. And be it enacted That the owner or owners of
the said bridge shall have authority, and they are hereby au-
thorised to prohibit by notice affixed upon some conspicuous
part of said bridge, aft persons from discharging any guns,
muskets or fire arms whatever upon the said bridge, under a
penalty of five dollars for every such offence, to be recover-
ed before any justice of the peace of Cecil or Kent counties,
to be applied to the use of the county wherein the same is re-
covered.

Firing of guns, &c
prohibited

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if at any time hereafter any
obstructions to the navigation of the river Sassafras should
arise front the erection of the bridge authorised to be built
by this act so as to impede the free passage of such boats or
vessels as are or may-be used on said river, the owner or
owners of said bridge shall be liable to indictment in the
county court of Cecil or Kent counties for occasioning such
obstructions, and upion conviction thereof, shall be adjudged
by the court in which conviction takes place, to remove all
such obstructions at his or their own expense; and if such
obstructions shall not be removed agreeably the judgment of
said court within thirty days thereafter, then it shall be the
duty of said court, upon proof of neglect, or refusal of the
owner or owners of said bridge to obey the judgment of said
court, within said period, to impose upon said owner or owners
such fine, as they may dec m adequate to the removal of such
obstructions, to be collected with the costs of prosecution, as.
other fines, and to be applied under the direction of said court
for the removal of said obstructions.

Navigation tec^
e«

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if the aforesaid brilge be
not commenced within one year, and completed within three
years from the passage of this act, then and in such case all
the privileges hereby granted shall cease.

Time prohibited

SEC. 7, And be it enacted, That from and after the com-
pletion of said bridge, it shall not be lawful to keep up a
public ferry from Georgetown, in Kent county to Frederick-
town, in Cecil county, except only whilst the said bridge may
be under repair, or cannot be fully used and enjoyed for the
purpose for which it was erected.

Ferry unlawful

CHAPTER 138

An act to enable Charles Carroll of Carollton to receive patents
for two warrants of resurvey on certain lands heretofore
conveyed in trust by him,

WHEREAS, it appears to the General Assembly, from the
petition of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, that lie is the holder
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Passed March 6,
1828