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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Give bond.

missioners shall require the Road Supervisors ap-
pointed by them to give bond to the State, to be
approved of by them, for such sums as they may
deem proper, conditioned for the faithful perform-
ance of the duties required of them, which said
bond may be put in suit for the benefit of any per-
son suffering by the neglect of the said Supervisor
in keeping the roads in his district in proper order,
and the said County Commissioners shall have full
power to fix on the price to be paid for laborers on
said roads, and to authorize the said Supervisors
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.

Boards or
signs.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the County Com-
missioners shall cause to be placed at such of the
forks of the public roads as they may think need
the same, finger boards or signs, showing the
prominent points that the said roads lead to, and
the distance to such points, and any person tear-
ing down or defacing such finger boards or signs
shall on conviction thereof before any Justice of
the Peace in the county be fined a sum not less than
five or more than ten dollars.

Applicability

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
only apply to the counties of Worcester, Somerset,
Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Calvert and Tal-
bot.

Repeal.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That all laws or part
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

In force.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1868.