792

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

190. The Highways Commission shall, within thirty days

Appointment

after qualifying and organizing as such, and thereafter on

of Road Su-
pervisors.

or before the first day of January in each and every year

appoint from each election district of the county one person,

a discreet and trustworthy taxpayer, a resident and voter of

the district for which he is appointed, and who shall have

during one year prior to his appointment resided in said

district and paid taxes annually on property of at least an

assessed valuation of five hundred dollars, to act as Road

Supervisor of that district until his successor is appointed and

qualified. The Road Supervisor so appointed shall serve for

one year ; and no supervisor so appointed shall be removed

from office except upon charges of which he shall have due

notice, and not until after public trial he shall have been found

To give bond

guilty of such charges, and they shall each give bond to

the Highways Commission, properly conditioned for the faith-

ful performance of their duties, in the penal sum of from

one thousand to three thousand dollars, as the commission may

prescribe by its orders and regulations, which bond may be

put in suit at the instance of the Highways Commission for any

breach of duty on the part of the Road Supervisor whereby

said commission may suffer loss, of any diversion or mis-

appropriation of road funds committed to them for expendi-

ture or disbursement. It shall be the duty of the Road

Supervisor so appointed for each election district to take

direct care and charge on behalf of the Highways Commis-

sion of all roads and bridges in his district, and shall see that

no obstructions, hindrances or injury is permitted upon any

road or bridge under his supervision, and when any road

or bridge shall form the boundary between districts, the High-

ways Commission shall assign to the supervisor for each dis-

trict the portion of such road or bridge over which he shall

have supervision as aforesaid. Said supervisors shall fre-

quently inspect all roads and bridges in their respective dis-

tricts and shall promptly report to the Highways Commission

any defects therein or the need for repairs and improvements

Keeping all

roads,

thereto. They shall keep all roads and bridges in their re-

bridges, etc.
in repair.

spective districts in general good repair, and to this end employ

such labor and make such expenditures from time to time

as the Highways Commission may allow them for such pur-

poses in pursuance of the general system adopted for such

district; in addition to such regular expenditures they may,

in cases of emergency, make repairs to any road or bridge

in their respective districts at an expenditure not exceeding

fifty dollars in amount without receiving in advance special