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dale" and "Mistletoe Springs" in Prince George's county,
and to employ flagmen to operate said gates.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad be and it is hereby required within thirty days after
the passage of this Act to erect and maintain safety gates at
"Riverdale" and "Mistletoe Springs" in Prince George's county,
where the county roads of said county cross the tracks of said
railroad company at said places, and to cause a flagman to be
stationed at each of said crossings between the hours of 6
o'clock A. M. and 9 o'clock P. M. to operate said gates and to
warn persons using said crossings of the approach of trains
upon said railroad.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Baltimore and Ohio
'Railroad Company shall be liable to pay a fine of twenty-five
dollars for each and every day it shall fail to comply with the
provisions of the preceding section, said fine to be reserved in
the name of the State of Maryland to the use of the County
Commissioners of Prince George's county, in the Circuit Court
of the said county or before a justice of the peace thereof, when
the amount of said fines does not exceed the jurisdiction of
the justice of the peace, and when collected to be paid in the
road fund of said county, and in any such proceedings service
upon a ticket agent of said company shall be sufficient service
upon said railroad company.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6, 1908.
REMOVAL OF CAUSES—See Chapter 541, page 222.
CHAPTER 530.
AN ACT to repeal section 284 of chapter 249 of the Acts of
1906, entitled "An Act to repeal chapter 346 of the Acts of
1900, entitled 'An Act to create a Board of Road Commission-
ers for Prince George's county, Maryland, who shall have
charge of all public roads and bridges of said county; to
provide for the maintenance of the same and to repeal sec-
tions 278, 278A to 290, both inclusive, sub-title 'Roads,' of
article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title 'Prince
George's County,' and sections 1, 2, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and
24 of article 25 of the Code of Public General Laws, title
'County Commissioners,' and all other laws so far as the
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