1124 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

iners, or a majority of them, and so soon as the same is ten-
dered to the owner or owners of said property the said County
Road Engineer shall immediately cause such water course to
be opened; said County Road Engineer shall furnish said ex-
aminer with a plat, showing the proposed location and profile
of such outlet or water course, and for the purpose of making
such plat or profile the said County Road Engineer is author-
ized to go upon any private property through which said pro-
posed outlet or water course shall pass, and make whatever
survey or surveys he may deem necessary for such purpose;
provided, that any such outlet or water course shall not be
opened so as to pass through the buildings, garden, yards or
burial yard of any person without the consent of the owner in
writing.

SEC. 237. Any person or corporation placing any obstruc-
tions of any kind whatsoever upon the public highways or
bridges, roads, lanes, streets, avenues or alleys of Somerset
County, or interfering with or obstructing any of the ditches
or drains thereof, or encroaching upon the same with fences or
other obstructions, or any person or corporation, its agents or
employees, exercising the business of a common carrier, per-
mitting his or its vehicle or steam or other engines or cars to
obstruct any crossing for more than five minutes for any one
time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to
prosecution at the instance of the County Road Engineer of
Somerset County or at the instance of any taxpayer of said
county, and upon conviction by any justice of the peace exer-
cising criminal jurisdiction in Somerset County, shall be fined
in an amount not less than one dollar, and no more than twen-
ty-five dollars, for each offense. Any person arrested under
this section shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court
for said Somerset County for trial, and all fines collected under
this section shall be paid to the said County Commissioners,
and by them applied to the general road fund of the county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any law or laws, or part or
parts of any law or laws, heretofore enacted and affecting or
pertaining to the County Commissioners, or roads and ditches
in said Somerset County, be and the same are hereby saved and
shall remain in full effect and force, except so far as the same
or any of them may be repealed by or may be inconsistent and
in conflict with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1910.