JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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purpose, and shall, on or before the first day of

April following, give notice that he or they will sell

Give notice.

or allot out the roads in sections and sub-sections to

the lowest responsible bidders, the work to be done

and kept in repair for one year, according to the

specification furnished by the supervisor; and the

sum or sums of money paid out, or intended to be

paid out, shall under no circumstances exceed the

sum»appropriated for the said roads by the county

commissioners; and said supervisors, in districts

where more than one is elected, shall choose one

amongst them to act as chairman.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said supervisor or

supervisors in each election district of said county,

Keep a record.

shall keep a record of all work and other transac-

tions relating to roads in his or their district, and

shall furnish to the said county commissioners, on

each and every occasion, when he or they shall ask

said board of county commissioners, or present a bill

to them for payment of money expended in his or

their district, a statement showing plainly and fully

Present state-

the contracts he or they have entered into, and the

ment.

amount of work done, and money due on said con-

tracts, the condition of the roads, and the probable

amount required to keep them in repair, also the

time and per diem from each supervisor, which ac-

count the county commissioners shall carefully

examine, and if approved, shall be examined by the

auditor, when, if approved, the county commission-

ers shall give to said supervisor an order on the

treasurer for the amount of said bill or bills, retain-

ing twenty per cent, till the contract is complete.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the supervisor or

supervisors in each district shall exercise a general

Exercise care.

supervisory care over all the county roads in his or

their election district, and report the condition of

the same to the county commissioners, and they

shall be required by said county commissioners to

make affidavit or affirmation, as the case may be,

either to the condition of the roads or to the cor-

rectness of his or their accounts.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the county commis-

Keep a book.

sioners shall keep a book of record for each district