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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1867
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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 563

to said Supervisor the said sum of one dollar and
fifty cents, shall upon the complaint of the said
Supervisor, be liable to be arrested and brought
before some Justice of the Peace of Caroline or
Talbot County, upon a warant issued by the said
Justice in the name of the State, therefor, and shall
upon proof of such summons and failure to obey
the same, and refusal, to pay said sum of one dol-
lar and fifty cents, render judgment against the
party so refusing as aforesaid, for the said sum of
one dollar and fifty cents, and all the costs that
may accrue in prosecuting the said warrant includ-
ing the attendance of witnesses for the State, and
the said Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized to
enforce the collection of the same manner as small
debts, and are now collected by law in this State.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the County
Commissioners of said Counties shall require each
and every Supervisor appointed by them to give
bond to the State of Maryland, to be approved by
them, in such penalty as they may deem proper
conditioned for the faithful performance by said
Supervisors of the duties required of them, which
said bond may be put in suit for the benefit of any
person suffering by,the neglect of the said Super-
visor in keeping the roads in his District in proper
order; and the said County Commissioners shall
have power to fix the price to be paid for laborers
on said roads, and to authorize the said Supervisor
to hire such number of laborers as they may deem
necessary, and the said County Commissioners
shall pay the said Supervisors such salaries or per-
diem as they may think just and reasonable.

Supervisors
to give bond.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the said County
Commissioners of the respective Counties, shall
cause to be placed at the forks of the Public Roads
in Caroline County and Talbot County, as they
may deem necessary, finger boards or signs, show-
ing the prominent points, or places that the said
roads lead to, and the distance to such points or
places, and any person tearing down or defacing
such finger boards, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof before a Justice of the
Peace, shall be fined not less than five nor more
than ten dollars.

Fingerboards
—penalty for
tearing down.



 

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