EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

791

of the duties imposed upon it by this Act, to the end that

said commission may properly and efficiently discharge said

duties. For any negligence or breach of the duties imposed

Liable in dam-

by this Act, said commission shall be liable in damages at the

ages at suit

suit of the person or persons injured thereby, but it shall

of party in-
jured.

be subject to no other or greater liabilities in the premises

than was the Board of County Commissioners of Baltimore

County in matters relating to the roads and bridges of the

county before the passage of the Act of the General Assembly

of Maryland, known as Chapter 685 of the Acts passed at

the January Session, 1900, and any final decree or judgment

obtained against said Highways Commission in any such suit

or action or costs against it shall be satisfied and paid in

due course by the County Commissioners of said county out

of the proper funds for such purposes. Said commission

shall, by and with the advice and assistance of the Baltimore

County Roads Engineer, adopt such system or systems for

the care and repair of the public highways, roads, bridges,

Care and re-
pair of roads,

streets and alleys of the county as may be found most suitable

etc.

for the several sections of the county or the special roads

thereof; provided, that such system shall require at least two-

thirds of the road tax to be expended in macadamizing the

roads with stone or other hard material in those districts

where the district fund amounts to more than two hundred

dollars per mile of road. It shall have prepared by the County

Surveyor an official road map of the county, upon which shall

be designated all county roads, and the distance between in-

tersections of roads or prominent points thereon, which maps

shall be prepared within such reasonable time as the moneys

at the command of the commission will permit ; whenever a

new road shall be opened or accepted or an old road altered

or closed, its location or the fact that it has been altered or

closed shall be promptly designated on said map. Said commis-

sion may, at its discretion have finger-boards or sign-posts;

Sign-posts.

placed at road crossings or intersections designating the distance

to the nearest prominent point, and may give suitable names to

the county roads, and change the same as they may see

fit. It shall be the duty of said commission to foster public

interest in the public roads, and to this end encourage the

formation of road improvement associations, and to hold not

less than four public meetings in each year in different parts

of the county for the discussion of road matters, reasonable

Meetings to

notice of said meetings to be given by advertisement, and such

discuss roads.

meetings to be attended by the Roads Engineer and at least

one member of the commission.