EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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with fences or other obstructions; or any person or corpora-

tion, its agents or employees, exercising the business of a com-

mon carrier, permitting his or its vehicles or steam or other

engines or cars to obstruct any crossing for a longer period

than ten minutes at any one time shall be guilty of a misde-

meanor, and shall be liable to arrest and prosecution at the

instance of any road official, his or their representative, or at

the instance of any taxpayer of the county, and upon convic-

tion by any justice of the peace exercising criminal jurisdiction

in Baltimore County, shall be fined in an amount not less than

one dollar for each offense. Any person arrested under this

section shall have the right to elect that his case be sent to

the Circuit Court for trial. All fines collected under this sec-

Fines to go to
general road

tion shall be paid into the general road fund of the county.

fund.

This provision shall not prevent the Highways Commission

from adopting other and further regulations in respect to

the subject matter of this section as prescribed by the next

preceding section of this Act.

193. The Governor of the State of Maryland shall, after the

Baltimore

passage of this Act, appoint as Baltimore County Roads Engi-

County
Roads Engi-

neer a man having the degree of civil engineer and experienced

neer.

in bridge and road building, who shall hold office until removed

by the Governor or his successors for such good cause as he

shall deem sufficient.

194. The Baltimore County Roads Engineer shall inspect

the roads and bridges in each district as often as may be neces-

Duties of same.

sary to thoroughly familiarize himself with the condition and

requirements of the county generally and recommend to the

Road Supervisors of the respective districts and to the High-

ways Commission such repairs and improvements as he may

think advisable ; he shall make such general or special examina-

tions of any road or bridge as he may be required by the Com-

mission and he shall also submit plans and specifications and

make estimates for the repairs or improvements of any par-

ticular road or bridge when called upon by the Highways

Commission, and shall inspect and report on all material to be

used on the roads and bridges and supervise as far as prac-

ticable the work thereon, and see that all contracts with refer-

ence thereto are faithfully executed; he shall submit to the

To submit a

Road Supervisors of the respective districts a comprehensive

comprehen-
sive plan.

plan for the maintenance of the roads, and shall, when re-

quested by the Road Supervisors in any district or by the

Highways Commission, give instructions to the foreman or

other person in charge of such repairs and the manner in which

the work shall be performed, and shall assist the Road Super-