EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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respect to the public roads in Allegany County shall be co-

extensive with the powers, duties and obligations heretofore

resting upon the County Commissioners of Allegany County

with respect to the public roads and bridges in said county, ex-

cept in so far as the same may be modified or changed by the

provisions of this Act. The Road Directors appointed or elected

under the provisions of the preceding section shall, within ten

days after receiving notice of their appointment or election,

qualify by taking an oath to be administered by one of the

Qualify by

Judges of the Circuit Court for said Allegany County that they

oath.

will faithfully execute the duties of their office, and giving bond

provided for in the preceding section, and shall then meet for

the transaction of business at such time and place as the chair-

man of their board may determine.

213. The Road Directors shall adopt such system for the

repairs and improvements of the roads in Allegany County as

Improving
county roads.

they may deem best, having called for and received from the

Allegany County Roads Engineer and Superintendent, here-

inafter mentioned, a written report stating what system he ad-

vises in each case ; provided, however, that no Road Director or

Engineer shall have any pecuniary interests in any contract

with reference to the public roads, and shall furnish no team

for work thereon, and Sections 15, 16, 17 and 18 of Article 25

of the Code of Public General Laws shall apply to said di-

rectors.

214. Said Road Directors shall keep books showing in de-

tail the expenditures on each road and section of road in the

Expenditures.

county, including the cost of all material and the cost of labor

as separate items, which books shall be open to the inspection

of the County Commissioners of Allegany County, the Alle-

gany County Roads Engineer, and any taxpayer in said county ;

and before making any repairs or improvements on any road,

or any bridge, and before laying out any new road, or erecting

any new bridge, the cost whereof shall exceed fifty dollars, they

shall ask for and receive from said engineer plans and specifi-

cations for the proposed repairs and improvements, or of the

proposed new road or bridge; and before purchasing stone in

quantities of more than one hundred perches they shall submit

through the Road Engineer to the State Geologist specimens

Stone to be

of the stone offered them for their use on the roads, and re-

used.

ceive a written report from said State Geologist giving the

merits of said stone, and on or before the tenth day of January

of each year the said Roard Directors shall submit to the

County Commissioners of Allegany County a written report