III.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of the levy court for the county aforesaid, or a
majority of them, when so met together as aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby authorised and
required to describe, ascertain and distinctly record in a well bound book to be provided by them
for that purpose, the several and respective public roads in said county, and to nominate and
appoint, by warrant under the hand of the clerk and seal of his office, capable and proper persons
as supervisors of the several and respective roads aforesaid, according to the number and divisions of
the said roads, as the same shall be ascertained upon their records; and that the said justices, or a
majority of them, may adjourn from day to day until the said roads shall by duly ascertained, and
supervisors appointed as aforesaid; and every supervisor so appointed shall give bond to the state of
Maryland, with such security as shall be approved by the said justices, in such sum or penalty as
the said justices shall require, for the performance of his duty.

    IV.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any supervisor, to be appointed in virtue of this act, shall
refuse to act, or remove out of the district, become disqualified, or die, it shall and may be lawful for
any two of the neighbouring justices of the peace to supply every vacancy so happening, by the
appointment of another person, who shall give bond as aforesaid, with such security, and in such
penalty, as shall be approved of by the aforesaid justices of the peace, and they shall certify every
such appointment, under their hands, to the clerk of the county, who shall record the same, and
within ten days thereafter shall issue a warrant to the person so appointed, and deliver the same to
the sheriff, to be served upon the party in the same manner, and under the same penalty, as directed
in such case by this act.

    V.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of the levy court shall, at their annual meeting under
this act, for the regulation of the conduct of the supervisors, fix and establish reasonable rates for the
hire of labourers, horses, carts or other carriages, to be worked or used on the public roads of the
said county, and shall publish the same in ever hundred of the said county; and each of the supervisors
are hereby authorised and empowered to hire and employ, if necessary, at reasonable wages,
not exceeding such wages as shall be established under the regulation before recited, a sufficient number
of labourers to work on the public roads, and to hire and employ horses, carts or other convenient
carriages, for the purpose of carrying earth, gravel, stones, timber, or other heavy articles
necessary for making, amending and keeping in repair, the said roads, bridges and causeways.

    VI.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of the levy court shall, at every such meeting, make
out distinct lists of all the taxable inhabitants within the said county, together with the amount of
their road taxes, and furnish the collector of the county with copies thereof within ten days after
their meeting; and the said collector shall leave with every such taxable an account of his said road
tax, within sixty days thereafter, under the penalty of one dollar for every such omission.

    VII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That when the said justices shall meet in session at their levy court,
they, or a majority of them, shall, on application in writing, signed by two thirds of the inhabitants
of any hundred through which any roads pass, to widen and streighten any old road laid out as a
public road, appoint three discreet persons, freeholders in the said county, as commissioners, not
holding any part of the lands through which the said road or roads may pass, nor related to the person
or persons holding the land that may be affected by the running of the said roads, to view, survey
and plot, the said road so applied for, and make return thereof to the said court at their next
meeting, who, on receiving such plot or plots, shall examine the same, and all the evidence that shall
or may be offered for or against the said road or roads, as returned, and may reject or confirm the
same as a public road, or may direct the said commissioners to alter and amend the said plot, and when
so amended, may reject or confirm the same, and when confirmed, shall accordingly direct the commissioners
to mark and bound the said road or roads, not exceeding thirty feet in width, clear of