790

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

than fifty dollars and no contract or agreement involving a

larger expenditure from the road moneys of the county and

no appropriation of money from the general road and bridge

Majority vote

fund for any purpose shall be allowed or made except by a

" majority vote of all the members of the commission at a regu-

lar or adjourned meeting ; all contracts, agreements, grants and

licenses made or entered into by the commission shall be

recorded in books kept for that purpose, which shall always

be open to the inspection of the public ; the original copies of

all reports to the commission and other papers not recorded

shall be preserved in the office, copies of such contracts, agree-

ments, grants and licenses recorded as aforesaid and of the

records of the proceedings of said Highways Commission,

when duly certified to by the secretarv of said commission,

shall be accepted as evidence in all the courts of this State.

General road

All office expenses, cost of books, necessary filing devices and

and bridge
fund.

stationery shall be paid out of the general road and bridge fund

and placed to the credit of the commission as hereafter provided.

Tt shall be the duties of the members of said Highways Com-

mission from time to time to travel over and personally in-

spect the public highways and bridges throughout the county

and the work being done on the same, in order that they may

have so far as possible personal knowledge of the requirements

of the county in regard to road matters. Each of the County

Commissioners of Baltimore County shall be entitled to receive

Compensation

the sum of six hundred dollars per annum, and no more, as

for extra
duties.

compensation for the extra duties imposed upon them under

this Act, said sums to be paid said Commissioners in addition

to their regular salaries as County Commissioners, and to be

paid out of the general road fund of the county.

189. The said Highways Commission of Baltimore County

Control over
all highways

shall have general charge of and control over all the public

etc.

highways, roads, bridges, streets and alleys of the county;

and it shall be the duty of the said commission to keep the

same in proper condition of repair and reasonably safe for

public travel, and to that end exercise a general supervision

over the same throughout the county, and direct repairs and

improvements thereto whenever it shall deem the same ne-

cessary or advisable for the public convenience or safety. Said

commission shall have all the powers with respect to the

public highways of the county heretofore vested in the County

Commissioners or other officers charged with the proper main-

tenance of said highways, and in addition thereto shall have

all the powers hereinafter enumerated, and all such other and

further powers as may be reasonably implied from the nature