KENT COUNTY. 925

go over such proposed outlet or watercourse for such drainage,
who, or a majority of whom shall estimate the damage to the
owner or owners of the land through which said outlet or
watercourse may be opened, and the County Commissioners
«hall tender to the owner or owners of said land the amount of
damages so estimated or ascertained by said examiners or a
majority of them, and so soon as the same is tendered to the
owner or owners of said property, the said County Road En-
gineer shall immediately cause such outlet or watercourse to be
opened, said County Road Engineer shall furnish said exam-
iners with a plat showing the proposed location and profile of
such outlet or watercourse, and for the purpose of making
such plat and profile the said County Road Engineer is
authorized to go upon any private property through which said
proposed outlet or watercourse shall pass, and to make what-
ever survey or surveys that he may deem necessary for such
purpose; provided, that any such outlet or watercourse shall
not be opened so as to pass through the buildings, gardens,
yard or burial grounds of any person without the consent of
the owner in writing.

1671. Any person or corporation placing any obstructions of
any kind whatsoever upon the public highways or bridges,
roads, lanes, streets, avenues or alleys of Kent 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 em-
ployees, exercising the business of a common carrier, permit-
ting his or its vehicles, 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 any taxpayer of said county, and
upon conviction by any Justice of the Peace exercising crim-
inal jurisdiction in Kent County, shall be fined in an amount
not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars for
each offense. Any person arrested under this section shall have
the right to appeal to the Circuit Court for said Kent 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.

167m. The use of his office by the Road Engineer to advance
the political fortune or aspiration of any man or the purchas-
ing of material by him for the roads at unfair prices or know-
ingly recommending unjust bills to the County Commissioners
for payment or wilfully permitting any of the Road Super-
visors to so exercise their duties shall, without excluding other
things, be construed as misconduct in office.