KENT COUNTY. 3245

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 171. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 160.

314. If any person shall alter, change, obstruct or encroach upon any
public road in said county, or cut down, destroy or injure any of the
bridges, causeways, boundaries, marks or directions therein or thereon,
he shall, on conviction in the circuit court for said county, be fined, at
the discretion of the court, not exceeding fifty dollars, the same to be paid
to and accounted for by the supervisor of the district where the road lies.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 172. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 161.

315. The county commissioners may, upon application, authorize the
erection of gates upon any public road in said county.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 173. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 162.

316. The owner of every gate kept on the public road shall have the
same hung on good iron hinges, swinging clear and free, and easily to
be opened, and shall keep the same and that part of the road he shall
occupy immediately round about said gate, for the space of ten yards, in
good order and repair.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 174. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 163.

317. The owner of every gate on the public roads shall pay a tax of one
dollar per annum thereon.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 175. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 164.

318. Each supervisor of the public roads, at the time he renders his
accounts to the county commissioners, shall accompany the same with a
list, under oath, of the number of gates on the public roads in the district
in which he is a supervisor, and designate to whom they belong; and when
a list of gates has been so rendered, the persons to whom they belong shall
stand charged annually on the books of the collector therewith, until they
shall satisfy the county commissioners of their abatement or removal.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 176. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 165.

319. The county commissioners, when making out the list of taxes,
shall enter to each owner of a gate on the public roads in said county, the
amount of his gate tax, together with his regular county tax, to be col-
lected by the collector of the county taxes as taxes are collected, and to
be applied to the general expenses of the county.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 177. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 166.

320. In all cases where tenants shall reside on lands through which
public roads may pass, on which any gate may be, such tenants may pay
the tax thereon, and shall, upon producing the collector's receipt, be al-
lowed the same by the landlord in their rent.

P. L. K, 1888, Art. 15, sec. 178. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 167.

321. No person shall run on any of the public roads of said county any
horse, mare or gelding, for the purpose of racing.
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