THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1845.

may be lawful for any three or more patrons of any free
school in Prince George's county, to appeal from the de-
cision of the local trustees of said school, upon the ap-
pointment or removal of any teacher or teachers of said
schools, to the general board of trustees of said free
schools, and the decision of said general board of trus-
tees shall be final and conclusive in the matter submitted
to them by said appeal.

CHAPTER 198.

CHAP. 198.

An act for building a Bridge over Deer Creek, at William
Pyles' Saw-mill, or at or near the old Ford leading from
Bel-Air to Mrs. Brown's.

Passed Mar.
4, 1846.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the county commissioners for Harford
county may appoint three persons of experience, as bridge
commissioners, to fix upon a site at William Pyles' saw
mill, or at or near the old ford leading from Bel-Air to
Mrs. Brown's, for building a bridge over Deer Creek,
and the said commissioners are hereby authorised to

Appoint three
commissioners.

erect, or cause to be erected, a good and substantial
bridge, with two stone abutments, and one or more piers,
as the building commissioners shall think best, to be
raised sufficiently high to save the bridge in time of
freshets; the bridge to be weather-boarded, and covered
in with cedar or pine shingles, and done in a workman-
like manner, and for a sum not exceeding eight hundred
dollars.

Erect bridge.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of
Harford county are hereby authorised and empowered, if
they deem it right and proper, to levy upon the assessa-
ble property of said county, at their next annual levy, a
sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars, and have the
same levied and collected as other county levies are, and
made payable to the said bridge commissioners.

Authorised to
levy.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said bridge com-
missioners shall keep a fair and accurate account of their
expenditures in erecting said bridge, and in case there
should be any thing left alter the same is finished, and
the abutments filled in, they shall pay the same over to
the county commissioners, to be by them applied to the
use of the county.

Keep an ac-
count of ex-
penditures.