484 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 272

County are hereby authorized and empowered to increase the
salary of the clerk of the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel County in an amount not to exceed in any one year
Twenty-four hundred dollars ($2, 400. 00), said salary to be
paid monthly.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That all Acts or parts
of Acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby

repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, Nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven (1927).

Approved April 26, 1927.

CHAPTER 272.

AN ACT to regulate the use of public roads and highways
within Carroll County, other than highways under the con-
trol of the State Roads Commission.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the use of the public roads and highways
located within Carroll County, other than highways under the
control of the State Roads Commission, by vehicles having a
gross weight, including the weight of the vehicle and load,
of more than 10, 000 pounds, is hereby prohibited unless such
roads or highways be frozen at the time of such use, between
January 1st and April 15th in each year, and at such other
times as the County Commissioners, Road Engineer or other
agency of Carroll County having supervision and control of
the highways of such County may deem necessary, provided,
at such times other than between January 1st and April 15th
of each year notices shall be posted along such highway of the
limitations of its use.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of
Section 1 shall not apply to vehicles run upon rails or tracks
or to police vehicles, fire engines or fire trucks.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any one violating
the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction before a Jus-