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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

damages or decrease of said benefits, the same to be collected

in the same manner as assessments for benefits as heretofore

provided; and provided further, that no work shall be done

on any road so ratified or confirmed until all the assessments for

the construction of said road shall have been paid or in the

Deficit to be

event of a reduction of any assessment for benefits or increase of

paid.

any damages upon appeal or otherwise as above provided until

the amounts of the deficit thereby caused shall have been made

up and paid by the petitioners.

216P. Whenever the cost of building or erecting any new

Right given to
enter into a

road or bridge or of altering any old road or bridge shall be

contract.

estimated by the Roads Engineer to exceed one hundred dollars,

the Road Directors may, if they see proper, have such road or

bridge erected or altered by contract upon plans and specifica-

tions to be furnished by the Roads Engineer and approved by

the Road Directors, such contracts to be let to the lowest respon-

sible bidder after due public notice by advertisement in some

newspaper published in said county ; the contractor in all cases

to give bond to the Road Directors in double the amount of the

contract price to be approved by the Road Directors, and the

work to be done subject to the inspection and approval of the

Road Engineer ; and in all contracts shall be provided that no

adult labor shall be employed at wages less than one dollar and

seventy-five cents per day.

216Q. The Road Directors shall not be liable in any action

Not liable in
any action.

whatsoever growing out of or caused by any of the existing

roads in Allegany County being narrower than required by law

or growing out of or caused by their being narrower than they

were originally planned ; nor shall said Road Directors be

required to keep the public roads in Allegany County free from

snow drifts; nor shall said Road Directors be liable to any

action for damages caused by snow drifts.

216R. It shall not be lawful for any person or corporation

Limiting stop-
page of trains.

whose business is that of a common carrier to stop his, its or

etc. on road.

their vehicles, cars or engines upon any road beds or cross-

ings of any public roads of Allegany County over or across

which said vehicles, cars or engines may run for a longer time

than is absolutely necessary to take on or let off his, its or their

passengers or freight, and such stop shall not exceed in any

event a period of ten minutes at any one time ; any person or

persons, or corporation, his or its officers or agents violating

any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine

of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dol-

lars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of Alle-