3246 ARTICLE 15.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 179. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 168.

322. Any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be liable to presentment by the grand jury of said county, and on
conviction, shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to
be collected and paid to the clerk of the circuit court for said county, for
the benefit of the public school fund of said county.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 180. 1868, ch. 182.

323. It shall not be lawful for any person to ride, drive or lead any
horse, mare, mule, oxen, cow or other animal, on or over the sidewalk
on the western side of the main road leading from Galena, where the roads
cross, to the hill at Georgetown, nor on the sidewalk on the northern and
eastern side of the public road leading from the northwestern precincts
of Chestertown to the westernmost corner of Chester cemetery on the road
to Whaland's mills; and any person thus offending shall be subject to a
fine of two dollars for the first offence, and three dollars for every sub-
sequent offence, to be recovered before a justice of the peace as small
debts are recovered, in the name of the county commissioners of Kent
county; and such monies when recovered shall be paid to them, to be
expended under their directions, for the purpose of repairing and improv-
ing, respectively, the said sidewalks, which shall not exceed eight feet
in width on their surface; provided, that nothing in this section shall pre-
vent persons riding or driving across said sidewalks to obtain access to
adjoining lands, or the grounds of Chester cemetery.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 181. 1878, ch. 236.

324. The county commissioners, on application of any owner of a pri-
vate road or way to have the same altered or widened, because its course
or breadth seriously embarrasses travel thereon, or renders it unsafe, shall
appoint three discreet and sensible persons of the county, not related to
either of the parties, who shall act as commissioners to alter or widen said
private road; and shall direct the said commissioners to alter or widen
said road, keeping its breadth within thirty feet clear of ditches, and
taking into consideration the convenience of the person owning said roads,
as well as the convenience and interest of the persons through whose lands
the same may be located; and the said commissioners shall assess the dam-
ages to be paid to the owners of the lands through which the said road
may pass.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 182. 1878, ch. 236.

325. If any person through whose lands said road may pass, or the
person applying to have the same altered or widened, shall object to its
being altered or widened in the manner returned by the commissioners,
the county commissioners may make such orders as to the manner of
altering or widening said road as they may deem proper.