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TALBOT COUNTY.

exceeding fifteen feet from abutment to abutment, by employ-
ing suitable persons to make said repairs when necessary, and

Levy.

they are hereby authorized to levy upon the assessable pro-
perty of said county, a sum of money sufficient to defray the
expenses of the same, provided they do not exceed the sum of
two hundred dollars in any one year.

Supervisor
neglecting
to render
accounts.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That if any supervisor appointed
in virtue of this act, shall neglect or refuse to render a true
account of all work done upon the public roads, within his
section, and of all timber furnished under his orders, whereby
the parties labouring or furnishing timber under his order,
shall not be credited in their county taxes, for their services
thus rendered, the said supervisor so neglecting or refusing,

Responsible

shall become responsible to the party or parties aggrieved, for
the whole amount omitted to be returned by the said supervi-

(*recover-
ed)

sor to the commissioners, to be by them recorded* as small
debts are now recoverable; but may, if paid by the said super-
visor, be levied in his favour the following year, exclusive of

Preamble.

all costs ; And whereas, there are many male free negroes and
mulattoes, residing in the said county, who neither pay taxes
nor perform militia duties, and it being reasonable they should
contribute something towards repairing the public roads of
which they have the benefit and advantage ; therefore,

Free ne-
groes re-
quired.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be law-
ful for any supervisor in said county, within whose section of
road any free negro or mulatto may reside, to call on each of
them, not being under eighteen nor over forty-five years of
age, (excepting all such as are employed by the year, by a
taxable inhabitant) to labour in repairing said public roads ;
Provided^ that it shall not be lawful for any supervisor to call
on any such free negro or mulatto, to labour more than one
day in any one year.

Fine for
neglecting.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That if any free negro or mulatto
called on by a supervisor, in virtue of this act, shall refuse or
neglect to attend at the time and place appointed by such su-
pervisor, or upon attending shall neglect to perform the duties
required of him, the same being reasonable, such free negro or
mulatto so neglecting or refusing, shall pay a fine not exceed-
ing fjfty cents, to be recovered at the instance of such supervisor
in the name of the state, before a justice of the peace, and to be
paid over by the said supervisor, to the commissioners for the
county, to be by them applied for defraying the expenses of
keeping in repair the public roads of said county.

Repeal.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That from and after the first
Monday in April next, all and every act or acts of assembly,
inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this act, so
far as relates to Talbot county, be and the same are hereby
repealed.