THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERN
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OR. 591
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ner as small debts are now collected by law in this
State.
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Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the County Com-
missioners 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, condi-
tioned for the faithful performance by said Super-
visors 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 power to fix the price to be paid for laborers
on said roads, and to authorize the said Supervisor
to hire such number of labors 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.
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Bond.
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Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That for the services
rendered upon the public road by any tax payer,
the Supervisors may issue certificates of indebted-
ness for such services, and such certificates when
signed by the Supervisors and endorsed by the
holders thereof, shall be received by tax collectors
in payment of county and road taxes.
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Services
rendered.
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Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the Supervisor
may be allowed, in the manner prescribed in this
Act, to draw upon the County Commissioners for
such sums as they may require to pay at the end
of each week for hire of labor, teams, &c., when
engaged in repairing roads and bridges, and the
County Commissioners shall be authorized and re-
quired to meet such drafts out of any unappro-
priated moneys in the Treasury, or when there are
no moneys in the Treasury subject to such drafts,
they are authorized and required to pledge the
credit of the county, if necessary, to anticipate col-
lections of taxes, for the purpose of providing funds
to pay promptly the expenditures for the repairs
of roads and bridges by Supervisors.
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Meet drafts.
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Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That each Supervisor
shall keep accurate accounts of all moneys expen-
ded, and of all services rendered upon the roads
and bridges and on whose account ; and shall make
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Keep ac-
counts.
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