2012

KENT COUNTY.

visor had been applied and expended under the direction of
the court aforesaid.

They may
dig and
remove
stones, &c.

SEC. 14. 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 authorized 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 haul and carry
away off such lands, and to apply the same to the making or

proviso.

repairing of the said bridges ; Provided always, that before
any tree pr 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.

To give
notice to
inhabitants
before they
begin to re-
pair roads.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the said supervisors re-
spectively shall, before they begin to straighten, 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 oppor-
tunity of hiring labourers, or labour themselves in and upon
the said roads, bridges or causeways; and each supervisor
shall be allowed such sum and expense as shall be deemed
reasonable by the justices of the levy court.

Justices to
pall upon
collector
for moneys
assessed.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted. That the justices of the levy
court shall call upon the collector for all moneys 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 execu-
tions issued in behalf of the state of Maryland ; and the said
justices shall also liquidate and settle the accounts of nil super-
visors within the said county annually, at their levy court,
and keep a fair record of all their proceedings relative to the
public roads.

Penalty on
altering or
changing
roads.

SEC. 17. 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 there-