EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ.., GOVERNOR.

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shall appoint a suitable person, a resident and taxpayer in

Queen Anne's Count) as Road Commissioner, who shall hold

Election of
Road Com-

his office until the first day of April in the year 1906; at the

missioner.

general election to be held in said county on the first Tues-

day after the first Monday in November, 1905, there shall be

elected by the legal and qualified voters of Queen Anne's

County a person with some qualification as required for the

one to be now appointed, whose term of office shall begin

on the first day of April next succeeding his election and end

at the expiration of two years from the date of his entering on

the duties of his office, as herein prescribed, and biennially after

the said general election in 1905 there shall be elected a person

as aforesaid with the same qualifications, who shall be, as

aforesaid, the Road Commissioners of Queen Anne's County,

and the terms of office of all such appointees and elected Road

Commissioners shall lie for two years trom the first clay of

April succeeding his election. The salary of said Road Com-

missioners shall be one thousand dollars per annum, payable

Salary of
same.

in equal monthly instalments upon the order of County Com-

missioners, who are hereby authorized and directed to issue

said orders drawn un the proper disbursing financial officer

or officers of said county in conformity to the provisions of

this Act at their first meeting in each and every month, and

the said County Commissioners shall provide stationery and

desk room in the Court Mouse of said county for said Road

Commissioners.

230B. It shall be the duty of said Road Commissioner to

ride over and examim- in each year the public roads of the

Duties and
bond of Road

entire county and all bridges on said roads and, by written

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report, state to the County Commissioners where and what

er.

character of work is to be done on the said public roads and

bridges of said county. He shall personally .supervise the work

of the road workers or supervisors and see that their work is

done in conformity to the instructions of the Commissioners,

and shall from time to time make written reports to said

County Commissioners as to the progress and character of

the work done by said road supervisors, and use any and all

efforts in the interest of good roads and economy and for the

purpose of making said reports. He shall attend weekly the

meetings of the County Commissioners, if required, and he

shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faith-

ful performance of his duties, said bond to be approved by the

County Commissioners.

23oC. Before any bills for road work are paid by the said

County Commissioners of said county to the supervisor of