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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said supervisor shall

Employment
of labor.

employ five laborers as a regular force, not above the age of

fifty years and not under the age of twenty-one years, nor

shall their force be increased, except under peculiar stress of

circumstances, and then only by and with the consent of the

County Commissioner having control of said supervisor; and

he shall begin work on the first Monday in April and cease

work on the fifteenth day of October, unless specially directed

by the County Commissioners to do otherwise.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said supervisor shall

Power to hire
horses, carts,

have power to hire such horses, oxen, wagons, carts, plows and

etc.

other implements, purchase brush and other materials neces-

sary for the successful performance of his duties and shall

submit an itemized account of the same at each monthly meet-

ing of the Board of County Commissioners.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the Board of County Com-

Auditing ac-

missioners shall, during the month in which said supervisors

counts.

shall be engaged in working on the public roads, either at their

regular meeting or at special meeting, if the same shall be nec-

essary, audit the accounts of the supervisors and pass upon the

same, allowing- in such computation ten, hours of active work to

constitute one day, and twenty-six days to constitute one month ;

and each laborer shall be paid at the rate of twenty-six dollars

per month, and each supervisor at the rate of thirty-five dollars

per month ; and said Board of County Commissioners shall

deliver to each supervisor and each laborer, signed by at least

two members of the Board, an order on the collector of taxes

for the sum of money which may be found to be due to each

Payment for

of them as aforesaid, and to each supervisor the amount due

use of horses,
carts, etc.

for hire of carts, wagons, horses, material, etc., during the

preceding month, and in attestation of the payment of the

same he shall return proper vouchers from each claimant.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners

Extra com-

shall receive for any extra time they may be actually employed

pensation.

in their office adjusting and settling road accounts with super-

visors, or the time in which he is engaged in general super-

vision of the roads, the same per diem they receive as County

Commissioners, not to exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars

each for- any one year.

SEP. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of each

Bridges to be

of the County Commissioners of Calvert County, on or before

examined.

the first day of April of each and every year, to examine the

bridges in his election district and ascertain what amount of

money will be necessary to build or repair the bridges in such