2686                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 797

WHEREAS, As an integral part of its responsibility,
the Governor's Commission was charged by Governor Mandel
in 1970 to Revise the Annotated Code to study and make
recommendations concerning related problems in the public
local laws which may be perceived during the course of
Code Commission activities. In conjunction with the
in—depth research on the Courts Article, related material
in the Public Local Laws of Washington County was
discovered which is in conflict with current provisions
of the law and in adopted style; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 27-3, 27-6, 27-10(f), 27-11,
28-24, 35-2 and 37-1 of the Public Local Laws of
Washington County being Article 22 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1970 Edition) be and they are
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 22
27-3.

[If] UPON CONVICTION BY A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION, any person [shall alter or change] WHO
ALTERS OR CHANGES, or in any manner [obstruct or
encroach] OBSTRUCTS OR ENCROACHES on any of [said] THE
roads, or [cut] CUTS down, or [destroy, deface]
DESTROYS, DEFACES or [injure] INJURES any of the bridges,
causeways, boundaries, marks, directions or other
establishment [thereon] RELATING TO COUNTY ROADS, [he]
shall [, on conviction in the Circuit Court, ] be fined
fat the discretion of the court,] not exceeding
[twenty—five dollars,] $25 according to the nature and
degree of the offense.

27-6.

Upon refusal or neglect of [such] THE person to
comply with the orders of the [said] Commissioners within
[ninety] 90 days from the date of [said] THE notice as
returned by the sheriff, he [shall be deemed] IS guilty
of a misdemeanor, and [after presentment and indictment
by a grand jury,] upon conviction, [thereof] shall be
fined [the sum of five dollars] $5 per day for [each and]
every day that [said] THE fence or other obstruction
[shall remain] REMAINS after the expiration of [ninety]
90 days from the date of the giving of [said] THE notice,
together with all costs incurred[; the said]. THE fine
IS to be recovered in the manner provided by law for the
recovery of fines, penalties and forfeitures[, and]. IF
THE CONVICTION OCCURS IN A CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDING, THE
FINE IS to be paid to the [said] county commissioners for