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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Repair not to
exceed ten dol-
lars.

thereof shall not exceed ten dollars; then, he shall
report the same to the County Commissioners,
whose duty it shall be immediately to cause the
obstructions to be removed, or such bridge or con-
duit to be rebuilt or repaired, as the case may be,
either by ordering the Supervisor to hire laborers

Power of su-
pervisor.

and teams for the purpose, or by making a contract
therefor with some fit person; and all monies re-
quired to carry out the provisions of this law shall
he paid out of the funds of the County, on the
order of the Commissioners, and all bills of costs
for hire of persons or teams, or for other expenses
incurred in repairing the public roads, shall, when

Bills must be
approved.

approved by the County Commissioners by endorse-
ment thereon, be receivable for the party to whom
due, or his assignee in writing, in payment of
County taxes due by the lawful holder thereof.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sev-
eral Supervisors shall make general repairs of the
roads within their districts at least twice in each

When to make
repairs.

year, once prior to the fifteenth of May, and once
prior to the fifteenth of September, and the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall fix and regulate from time
to time the prices to be paid by Supervisors for
the hire of necessary teams and laborers to exe
cute any work under this law.

Sec. 7. And bo it further enacted, That the sev-

Report semi-
annually.

eral Supervisors shall report semi-annually, in
June and November, to the County Commission-
ers, the state of the roads within their districts,
and the expenses by them incurred under this
law; the amount of money paid out by them in
constructing and repairing roads, with the vouch-
ers for the same; that each Supervisor shall be

Compensation

entitled to receive two dollars per day for each day
he is actually employed on the roads for the said
Commissioners, and shall be wholly exempt dur-
ing his time of service from militia duty and from
service on juries.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That in addition to
the proper proportion of the general road tax
levied for ordinary expenses of roads and bridges
within the county, the County Commissioners shall
have power, in their discretion, upon the petition
of thirty or more land-owners within any road

Make levy.

district, to levy upon the assessable property within