606 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.

ROADS.

1865, c. 161 repeals section 108 and enacts the following in lieu thereof:

1865, c. 101. Gate owners on public roads to pay annual tax.

. 108. Any person having a gate on any of the pub- lic roads in Queen Anne's county, shall pay annually a tax of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars for every such gate, in the discretion of the county commissioners, and it is hereby made the duty of said commissioners to publish for three successive weeks, in two of the newspapers of largest circula- tion in said county, a list of all the gates on the public roads, together with the names of the owners, and the amount of tax assessed on each, in parallel columns, which said tax the owner will be required to pay annually, so long as said gate shall continue an obstruction to travel, and these taxes shall be collected in manner provided for in the subsequent

When gates not to be allowed

sections of this article. In all cases where new roads are laid down, and an appropriation made by the county commissioners to pay the cost of fencing on both sides of said road, or on one side when there in already a fence on the other, there shall be no gate allowed on said new road. In force from March 24, 1865. '

TEMPLEVILLE.

Bee the act of 1865, c. 86 incorporating the town of Templeville in Caroline and
Queen Anne's county, under Public Local Laws, Art. VI, Caroline county.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

1864, c. 120 repeals sections 157 and 158 and enacts the following:

1864, C 120. County com- missioners to appoint a keeper of standard weights and measures. His duties.

175. The county commissioners of Queen Anne's county, shall annually, in the month of April, ap- point one judicious discreet citizen of said county, as keeper of standard weights and measures for said county, whose duty it shall be, after giving at least