| 1800.
CHAP. 58. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
or to make repair any bridge or causeway, give notice, by advertisement
at the most convenient public places in such district,
that the inhabitants may have an opportunity of hiring labourers,
or labour themselves in and upon the said roads, bridges or causeways;
and each supervisor shall be allowed such sum and expense
as shall be deemed reasonable by the justices of the levy court. |
Justices to call upon
collector for
monies assessed. |
16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of
the levy court
shall call upon the collector for all monies levied and assessed for
the use of the said roads, as soon as payable by law, and in case
of neglect or refusal, they shall, within two months thereafter, issue
an execution against the said collector, out of the county court,
for the money so due, and shall have all the legal benefits and privileges
usually attending executions issued in behalf of the state of
Maryland; and the said justices shall also liquidate and settle the
accounts of all supervisors within the said county annually, at their
levy court, and keep a fair record of all their proceedings relative
to the public roads. |
Penalty on altering
or changing
roads. |
17. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person
or persons shall
alter, change, obstruct or encroach upon, any of the said roads, or
cut down, destroy or injure, any of the bridges, causeways, boundaries,
marks or directions, therein or thereon, such person, on being
thereof convicted in the county court, shall be fined, at the discretion
of the court, not exceeding fifty dollars; and all fines imposed
in such cases shall be appropriated to repairing such damages, and
improving the roads in the county aforesaid, and be paid to and accounted
for the by the supervisors of the district. |
Supervisors may
require owners of
slaves, to furnish
labourers.
Proviso. |
18. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the supervisors
of said county
shall, when necessary, require of the owners of slaves as many male
slaves as they may deem necessary, not exceeding one half of the
number of labouring slaves belonging to such persons on any one
day; Provided, that such owner shall not be compelled to render
more service in any one year by the labour of his or her slaves than
his or her road taxes may amount to; And provided, that the labour
of said slaves shall not be required as aforesaid during the season
of harvest. |
Penalty for not
furnishing them. |
19. AND BE IT ENACTED, That for every slave
so required by
the supervisor, and not furnished, the owner shall forfeit sixty
cents for each day, to be recovered by the supervisors as in case of
small debts, to be accounted for an oath, and paid to the levy court
annually, to be applied to the repairing of the public roads. |
In orders issued by
court, day of payment
to be specified. |
20. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in all cases where
the levy
court of said county shall issue an order to the collector to pay any
supervisor any money under this act, the said levy court shall specify
in such order the day or days for the payment; and in case of
his neglect or refusal, the said supervisor shall, within five days
thereafter, under the penalty of twenty dollars, give notice thereof
to the clerk of the county, who shall, within thirty days thereafter,
give notice to the justices of the levy court of said county to meet,
which court shall issue an execution against the said collector out
of said county court, for the sum so due from the said collector, in
the manner herein before prescribed. |
Collection may be
anticipated. |
21. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the collection
of the aforesaid
taxes may be anticipated, by permitting the supervisor or supervisors,
if expedient, to accept of labour in lieu thereof, as the customary |
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