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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Divide dis-
tricts.

thorized and directed to divide the several Election
Districts of Montgomery County into as many
Road Districts, and alter the same from time to
time as they may deem expedient, and to appoint
one Supervisor for each of said Road Districts at
their first meeting in the month of April, in each
and every year.

Supervisors
must report.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That each Supervisor
appointed under the provisions of this Act is
hereby required to report to the County Commis-
sioners, at their first meeting in the month of May,
what repairs are necessary to be made on the pub-
lic roads and bridges in his Road District.

Authorized
to hire for re-
pairs.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Supervisors
of each Road District is hereby authorized to hire
horses, wagons, carts and plows, and to employ
not less than six able-bodied men hands to work
on the repairs of the public roads and bridges in
his District, and he is hereby required to com-
mence the ordinary repairs of said public roads
and bridges in the month of May, and to complete
the same by the first day of September, in each
and every year.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That each of the said
Supervisors is hereby required to keep an accurate

Keep account
of time.

account of the number of days he was engaged on
the repairs of said roads and bridges in his Road
District as Supervisor, the number of hands
worked each day, and the number of days labor
performed by each hand, the number of horses,
wagons, carts and plows used, and the number of
days they were in use, and report the same under
oath to the County Commissioners.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if any Super-
visor appointed under the provisions of this Act
shall render to the County Commissioners a false

False state-
ment, penalty.

statement of account, or shall be guilty of wilful
neglect of duty, he shall be liable to punishment
and indictment by the grand jury, and if con-
victed in the Circuit Court for said county, shall
be fined any sum in the discretion of the Court
not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence.

Purchase
tools.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the County
Commissioners are hereby authorized to purchase
for the use of the county road scoops, hoes, shovels