EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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accounts, shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury of

Caroline County ; and, if convicted in the Circuit Court thereof,

shall be fined a sum, in the discretion of the court, not ex-

ceeding three hundred dollars, and shall make good the loss

arising from such neglect of duty or fraud.

212. Whenever any person or persons shall desire to im-

prove any public road in said county to an extent beyond that1

Do petition for
public road

contemplated by the County Road Engineer, they may make

improvement.

application to the County Commissioners by petition setting

forth the location of the road to be improved, the extent

and character of the improvement and the probable cost

thereof; and the said County Commissioners shall thereupon

order the County Road Engineer to examine the location

and purpose set forth in the petition ; and if he shall be of

the opinion that the public interest will be promoted thereby,

he shall report his determination to the County Commissioners,

setting forth his reasons for such determination, and an esti-

mate of the cost of such improvement ; and if the County Com-

missioners shall approve the report of the said County Road

Engineer, they shall direct the expenditure of any amount

not to exceed one-half the total of said estimate, to be paid out

of the road levy or of other moneys belonging to the county ;

provided, that the petitioners for such improvements shall first

pay into the treasury of the county an amount not less than

Under whom
money is to

one-half of said estimate; all of said money to be expended

be expended.

under the direction of the County Road Engineer.

213. It shall not be lawful for the County Commissioners

to open any new public road in Caroline County until they

New public
roads.

shall have such proposed road surveyed and platted by the

County Road Engineer and an estimate in writing made by

him of the cost of building such proposed road, including

necessary bridges on the same, and any such new public roads

which the County Commissioners may hereafter decide to open

shall be built under control and direction of the County Road

Engineer, and shall not be accepted and paid for by the County

Commissioners until the County Road Engineer has certified

to said Commissioners that the said road has been built accord-

ing to the contract and specifications signed by the contractor

if such road is built by contract.

213 A. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners

of Caroline County, whenever the office of County Road En-

Vacancies.

gineer shall become vacant by death, resignation or removal

from office, to appoint within sixty days from the date of