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upon conviction by any Justice of the Peace exercising criminal juris-
diction in Kent County, shall be fined in an amount not less than, one
dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense. Any person
arrested under this section shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit
Court for said Kent County for trial, and all fines collected under this
section shall be paid to the said County Commissioners and by them ap-
plied to the general road fund of the county.

1910, ch. 403 (p. 920), sec. 167M.

308. The use of his office by the Road Engineer to advance the political
fortune or aspiration of any man or the purchasing of material by him
for the roads at unfair prices or knowingly recommending unjust bills to
the County Commissioners for payment or wilfully permitting any of the
Road Supervisors to so exercise their duties shall, without excluding other
things, be construed as misconduct in office.

1916, ch. 304, sec. 167-O.

309. The County Roads Engineer shall be allowed the sum of $300
yearly, or so much thereof as may be necessary, over and above his regu-
lar salary, which said amount shall be used for traveling expenses and
other business purposes, and which amount so expended shall be accounted
for and reported to the County Commissioners. Said County Commis-
sioners are authorized to levy yearly upon the assessable property of
Kent County a rate of tax sufficient to cover said sum to be allowed yearly
to the County Roads Engineer.

1910, ch. 403 (p. 920), sec. 2.

310. Any law or laws, or part or parts of any law or laws, heretofore
enacted and affecting or pertaining to the County Commissioners or roads
and ditches in said Kent County, are hereby saved and shall remain in-
full effect and force, except so far as the same or any of them may be
repealed by or may be inconsistent and in conflict with the provisions of
this Act.*

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 168. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 153.

311. The supervisors of roads in Kent county may enter upon adjacent
lands, and by ditching or otherwise, draw the water from the public roads.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 169. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 154.

312. The county commissioners upon satisfactory proof may make
allowances and levy for any injury that may be done by such drainage
to the owners of said lands.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 170. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 155.

313. The filling up or obstruction of such avenues or openings, may be-
punished by the circuit court for Kent county by presentment or indict-
ment as for obstructions of the public roads.

*Sec. 3, ch. 403, 1910, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.