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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1874
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JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 169

Jury of the county for malfeasance in office, and

 

shall upon conviction thereof, before the Circuit

 

Court of the county, be fined in each case not less

 

than five nor more than twenty dollars, in the discre-

 

tion of the court, and the bond of the said supervisor

 

shall be liable for said fine.

 

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the County Com-

Remove from

missioners aforesaid, shall have power at any time

office.

to remove from office, any road supervisor for what

 

the said Commissioners may deem a neglect of duty

 

or malfeasance in office, and to re-appoint another

 

road supervisor to fill the van can cy for the residue

 

of the term ; and the term of office of each super-

 

visor shall end with the qualification and induction

 

in office, of every new Board of County Com-

 

missioners.

 

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That all new public

New roads.

roads, hereafter open ed in Wicomico county, shall be

 

made thirty feet wide, well drained and graded;

 

and it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners

 

of the said courty to reject all such roads if not put

 

in the most complete order; and the County Com-

 

missioners as aforesaid, may make at any time such

 

further rules and regulations as they may deem

 

necessary for the better keeping of public roads in

 

said county, not inconsistent with this act.

 

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the County Com-

 

missioners may cause to be placed at such of the

Finger-boards.

forks of the public roads as they may think need the

 

same, finger-boards or signs, showing the prominent

 

places to which said roads lead, and the distance to

 

such places; and any person tearing down or de-
facing such finger-boards or signs, shall be guilty of

 

a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before a

 

justice of the peace, shall be fined not less than five

 

nor more than ten dollars, and shall stand committed

 

to the jail until such fine and costs are paid.

 

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts

Repealed.

of acts, relating to public roads in Wicomico county,

 

inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are

 

hereby repealed.

 

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

 

Approved, this 27th day of March, 1874.

 


 

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