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authorized and empowered, to employ a competent
person to make said plat or list, and to levy for, and
pay the person so employed, a reasonable compen-
sation for his services.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said County	Fix times and places for let-
Commissioners shall have power to fix the times	ting
and places for the letting of said public roads at
public auction, and the length and form of notice
for said letting, and the number of years each road
shall be let, not exceeding three years.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said County	Exact bond
Commissioners shall exact and take from each and
every person who may be declared the lowest bidder,
for keeping in repair any of the public roads in said
county, a bond to the said County Commissioners,
in a penalty double the amount of his bid, with
security, to be approved by said County Commis- sioners, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his
duties as supervisor or repairer of said road or roads;
which bond may be sued on for any breach thereof,
in any court of law in this State, or where the
damages claimed does not exceed one hundred dol-
lars, before a justice of the peace.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That in case the said
County Commissioners shall not be able to contract	Private contract
for the mending and keeping in repair of any or all
of said public roads, by letting the same at public
auction as hereinbefore provided, the said County
Commissioners are hereby authorized to contract for
such repairing by private contract, upon such terms
as may be in their judgment for the best interest of
tax payers of said county.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said County	Appoint road inspectors
Commissioners are hereby authorized and em-
powered, in their discretion, to appoint one or more
road inspectors, whose duty it shall be to examine
and inspect the public roads in said county, and to
ascertain if said roads are properly mended and in
good repair, and when said road inspector certifies
to the said County Commissioners, that the public
roads assigned to him for inspection are in good
repair, the said County Commissioners will be
authorized to pay to such supervisor the amount oi
compensation which may be due him.