1370                        LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 539

of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and the person or cor-
poration violating the same shall be liable to prosecution at
the instance of said commission, or at the instance of any tax-
payer, and upon conviction before any justice of the peace
exercising jurisdiction in the county where the offense shall
have been committed, shall be fined an amount of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25) and no more than one hundred dol-
lars ($100) for each offense. Any person arrested under this
section shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court of
such county for trial, and all fines collected under this section
shall be paid to the State Roads Commission and by it applied
to the maintenance fund of said commission.

9. Any person who shall ride, drive or walk upon any new
roadbed, or new repairs of any roadbed, constructed or being
constructed by or under the supervision of the State Roads
Commission of Maryland before the same is opened for traffic,
and any person who shall remove any light or guard set up
for the purpose of closing said road or any part thereof to
traffic, and any person who shall otherwise maliciously injure
or damage in any manner any highway built under the provi-
sions of Article 91 of the Code aforesaid, either in the course
of its construction or thereafter, or who shall otherwise mali-
ciously injure or damage any work, material or structure used
in connection therewith, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hun-
dred dollars ($100. 00) or be imprisoned not more than three
months, or in the discretion of the Court, may be both fined
and imprisoned as aforesaid, provided, however, that nothing
herein contained shall affect any special method or manner of
injury or damage, the prohibition or punishment for which is
already provided for by law. The members of the State Roads
Commission, and such of its employees and servants as are
designated by it, shall have authority to enforce all laws of
this State relating to State Highways, and to arrest all viola-
tors of any of the provisions of law in reference to State
Highways or violators of the regulations and order of the
State Roads Commission in relation thereto. Every such em-
ployee or servant shall, when exercising any such authority
hereunder, wear and display a metallic shield or badge indi-
cating that he is an employee or servant of the State Roads
Commission of Maryland; provided, however, that no contrac-