XIII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That no supervisor shall be answerable for the fine or fines imposed,
where it can be made appear that the neglect of such supervisor happened after the sum appropriated
to the road or roads of which he is supervisor had been applied and expended under the direction of
the court aforesaid.

    XIV.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and may be lawful for the several and respective supervisors
of the said roads, and they are hereby authorised and empowered, as often as need shall
require, to dig, take and remove, any stones, gravel, or earth of a firm quality, which may be found
on any land adjoining the roads for which the same may be necessary, and to employ the same in the
repairing of the said roads; and for the making or repairing of bridges over the heads of rivers,
creeks, branches, swamps, or other low and miry places, through and over which the said roads may 
pass, to cut down, or cause to be cut down, any tree or trees growing on any of the next adjacent 
lands to such places where bridges may be necessary as aforesaid, and the same trees to maul and
carry away off such lands, and to apply the same to the making or repairing of the said bridges;
provided always, that before any tree or trees shall be cut down for the purposes aforesaid, notice
thereof shall be given to the owner, tenant or overseer, and due compensation made, or secured to
him or them by the county, according to the full value thereof, in such manner as the justices of the
levy court shall direct.

    XV.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said supervisors respectively shall, before they begin to
streighten, amend or repair, any road, or to make or repair any bridge or causeway, give notice, by
advertisement at the most convenient public places in such district, that the inhabitants may have an
opportunity of hiring labourers, or labour themselves in and upon the said roads, bridges or causeways;
and each supervisor shall be allowed such sum and expence as shall be deemed reasonable by
the justices of the levy court.

    XVI.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of the levy court shall call upon the collector for
all monies levied and assessed for the use of the said roads, as soon as payable by law, and in case of
neglect or refusal, they shall, within two months thereafter, issue an execution against the said collector,
out of the county court, for the money so due, and shall have all the legal benefits and 
privileges usually attending executions issued in behalf of the state of Maryland; and the said
justices shall also liquidate and settle the accounts of all supervisors within the said county annually,
at their levy court, and keep a fair record of all their proceedings relative to the public roads.

    XVII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or persons shall alter, change, obstruct or
encroach upon, any of the said roads, or cut down, destroy or injure, any of the bridges, causeways,
boundaries, marks or directions, therein or thereon, such person, on being thereof convicted in the
county court, shall be fined, at the discretion of the court, not exceeding fifty dollars, and all fines
imposed in such cases shall be appropriated to repairing such damages, and improving the roads in
the county aforesaid, and be paid to and accounted for by the supervisors of the district.

    XVIII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the supervisors of said county shall, when necessary, require
of the owners of slaves as may male slaves as they may deem necessary, not exceeding one half of
the number of labouring slaves belonging to such persons on any one day; provided that such owner
shall not be compelled to render more service in any one year by the labour of his or her slaves than
his or her road taxes may amount to; and provided, that the labour of said slaves shall not be required
as aforesaid during the season of harvest.

    XIX.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That for every slave so required by the supervisor, and not furnished,
the owner shall forfeit sixty cents for each day, to be recovered by the supervisors as in case of small
debts, to be accounted for on oath, and paid to the levy court annually, to be applied to the repairing
of the public roads.