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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

To appoint
road super

101. The County Commissioners shall, at their first meeting

visors.

in May, 1904, and annually thereafter, appoint as many road

supervisors for each election district and precinct of the county

as they may deem necessary for the proper working of said

roads, said supervisors in all cases being selected with special

regard to their knowledge and skill in directing road work.

and shall be subject at all times to such rules and regulations

as may be adopted by the County Commissioners, with regard

to the repairing, mending and perfecting the public roads of

said county. The said Commissioners shall also fix the com-

pensation of road supervisors, and the per diem of all laborers

employed to work on said roads.

Building
roads and

102. The County Commissioners shall provide in their levy

bridges.

of 1904 a sufficient sum of money to pay all indebtedness on

account of roads, and shall then, and annually thereafter, levy

a sum not less than five thousand nor more than eight thou-

sand dollars, for the building and repair of said roads in any

one year ; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent

the Commissioners from levying an additional amount to build

any bridge, the cost of which will be one hundred dollars or

more.

Apportion
ment of

103. The County Commissioners shall so soon after each an-

road funds

nual levy as practicable apportion the sum so levied for public

roads among the several election districts and precincts of the

county, in exact proportion to the assessed basis of each dis-

trict and precinct. They shall, as far as practicable, have all

road work clone in a permanent manner.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from

the date of its passage, and that all Acts and parts of Acts in-

consistent with this Act be and the same are hereby expressly

repealed.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 408.

AN ACT to amend Article 13 of the Code of Public Local

Laws, title "Harford County," sub-title "Fish," by adding

thereto two sections, to be known as Sections 113 and 114.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the two following sections be added to and incor-

porated in Article 13 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

"Harford County," sub-title "Fish," to be known as Sections

113 and 114, and to read respectively as follows: