PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1051

authorized and empowered to construct and erect a wharf or
shell walk at and adjoining the land belonging to the said Rufus-
A. White and Oscar W. Nelson, on Hoopers Island, in Dorches-
ter County, said wharf or shell walk to extend into the Honga
River for a distance not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five-
(175) yards, to be of a width at the outer end thereof not
exceeding ninety (90) feet; provided said wharf is completed
by the 1st day of May, 1915.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said wharf or
shell walk, when so constructed and erected, shall be the prop-
erty of the said Rufus A. White and Oscar W. Nelson, their
heirs and assigns forever.

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

Approved April 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 622.

AN ACT to add two new Sections to Article 21 of Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Talbot County," sub-title "Roads," as the-
same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 638 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland, Session of 1912, to fol-
low Section 171-J, and to be known as Section 171-K and
171-L, respectively, authorizing the Board of County Com-
missioners of Talbot County to require brambling and removal
of brush, briers and weeds from the Public Roads and to pre-
vent filling of ditches and plowing and cultivating of roads

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That two new Sections be, and the same are hereby added
to Article 21 of the Public Local Laws, title '' Talbot County,''
sub-title "Roads," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by
Chapter 638 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland,
Session of 1912, to follow directly after Section 171 J of said
law, to be known respectively as Sections 171 K and 171 L, au-
thorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Talbot County
to require the brambling and removal of brush, briers and weeds
from the public roads and to prevent the filling of ditches and
plowing and cultivating of roads.

SEC. 171 K. The owner or occupant of land abutting on
any public road in Talbot County shall during the month of
August, of each year, cut and remove all brush, briers and