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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to pay to said Supervisor the sum of one dollar and
fifty cents, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall upon, presentment, indictment and con-
viction thereof in the Circuit Court for Howard
county, be fined a sum not exceeding ten dollars,
and shall be liable for all costs of prosecution, and

Proviso.

shall be committed to the county jail until such
fines and costs are paid ; provided, that when any
party committed to jail under the provisions of
this section shall have remained in jail for the
space of ten days, such party may be discharged
therefrom by the order of the court ordering the
commitment ; and all such fines shall be paid to
the County Commissioners of the county aforesaid,
to be by them applied for the purpose of repairing
the public roads in said county, and the Judges of
of the Circuit Court for Howard county shall give
this act in charge to the Grand Jury of the
county at each term of said court.

Give bond.

Sec. 7 And be it enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of said county shall require each and
every Supervisor to give bond to the State of Mary-
land, to be approved by them in such penalty as
they may deem necessary, conditional for the faith-
ful performance by said Supervisor of the duties
required of him, which said bond may be put in
suit by the County Commissioners, for the benefit
of any person suffering by neglect of said Super-
visor in keeping the roads in his district in proper
order, or for the moneys that may come into his
hands under the provisions of the preceding sec-
tions, 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. have such number of laborers as they may deem
necessary, and the said County Commissioners shall
pay to said Supervisors such salaries or per diem
as they may deem just and reasonable, not to ex-
ceed three dollars per day.

Repealed.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That laws or parts of
laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved March 30, 1868,