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BALTIMORE COUNTY.

exceeding three shillings, in Frederick a sum not exceeding

three shillings and nine-pence, in Harford a sum not exceeding

three shillings and nine-pence, in Caroline a sum not exceed*

ing two shillings and six-pence, in Montgomery a sum not

exceeding two shillings and six-pence, in Allegany a sum not

exceeding three shillings and nine-pence, in Kent county a sum

not exceeding two shillings and six-pence, on every hundred

pounds of assessable property in the said counties, to be col-

lected as other county taxes, and paid to the justices of the levy

court, or to their order, and shall be applied towards straight-

ening and amending the public roads in the said counties, and

the said justices, or a majority of them, in their respective coun-

ties, shall have full power and authority to appropriate the funds

arising from the Said tax to the roads in their respective coun-

ties, and shall apportion the same in equal proportion among

all the public roads of their respective counties, regarding the

situation and quantity of labour necessary for the improvement

of such roads, except as above excepted with respect to Cecil

county, and to anticipate the collection of any of the said taxes,

by permitting, (if expedient,) the supervisor or supervisors to

accept of labour in lieu thereof at the customary rate of labour

for the time, which supervisor or supervisors shall issue orders

to those by whom such labour may be rendered, expressing

therein, in writing, the duration or time of such labour, the rate

thereof by the day or month, as the case may be, by whom and

for whose account the same was rendered, and the whole amount

or value thereof, to foe received in taxes by the collector or col-

lectors of his county in discharge of moneys due or owing for

this particular tax.

The power vested in the justices of the peace under this section, was

.transferred to the levy court, by 1794, ch. 53; and which has since been

superseded by the county commissioners of Allegany.

By 1816, ch. 85, the levy court of Allegany, may annually levy on the

assessable property, a sum not exceeding fifty cents in the hundred dollars

for repairs of the public roads.

To fix

SEC. 3. And be if enacted. That the justices of the counties

rates, &c.

aforesaid shall, at their meeting under this law, and on every

annual meeting thereafter, for the regulation of the conduct of

the supervisors, fix and establish proper and reasonable rates or

prices for the hire o/ labourers, horses, carts, wagons or other

carriages, to be worked or used on the roads of their respective

counties, and shall publish the same in every hundred of their

respective counties.

Make out

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy court,

lits, &c.

at every such meeting, shall make out separate and distinct lists

of -all the taxable persons in each hundred within their county,

together with the amounts of their respective road taxes, and shall

furnish the collector of the county with copies thereof within