682 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1910.

CHAPTER 502.

AN ACT to build and establish a free bridge over Linchester
River at Back Landing, in Caroline county, and to provide
for free travel between Caroline and Dorchester counties.

, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Caroline and Dor-
chester counties, acting jointly, be and they are hereby directed
and empowered to build a substantial bridge over said river
from Back Landing at a point where the road from Preston to
said river reaches said river to a convenient and practicable
point in Dorchester county, to be determined by the County
Commissioners of Dorchester county; and the said County
Commissioners of Caroline and Dorchester counties are hereby
directed and empowered to acquire by inquisition, purchase,
gift or otherwise, all the lands and materials necessary for the
construction of the said bridge and its abutments; the road
in Dorchester county to be determined by the County Commis-
sioners of Dorchester County as to the road in Dorchester
county; and said bridge, when built, shall be maintained and
kept in proper repair by the said counties as a free bridge for
the convenience of public travel; and for the construction
thereof, acting jointly, the two boards of County Commission-
ers shall give out the work by private contract or by sealed
bids, after advertisement, to be opened at such place as may
be mutually agreed on between the said two boards of County
Commissioners, with the right to reject any or all bids.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said bridge and abut-
ments shall be built in the most secure and substantial man-
ner and shall not be less than eighteen feet wide, with railing
on each side thereof, and not less than four feet high, and the
same shall be constructed not later than August 11th, 1911.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners
of Caroline and Dorchester counties shall have full control,
supervision and management of the construction, maintenance
and operation of said bridge, under such rules and regulations
as the two said boards may prescribe.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners
of Caroline and Dorchester counties be and they are hereby di-
rected and empowered to levy on the assessable property of