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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, in

the discretion of the County Commissioners, and pro-

portioned to the amount of money to be expended in

roads and bridges in his election district.

Keep record

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said Chairman of

the Board of Road Supervisors in each election dis-

trict of said county, shall keep a record of all work

and other transactions relating to roads in his dis-

trict; and shall furnish to the said County Commis-

sioners on each and every occasion, when he shall

ask said Board of County Commissioners, or present

a bill to them for payment of money expended in his

district, a statement showing plainly and fully the

items of the amount of labor performed, or materials

furnished, the costs of the same, and to whom due;

and said statement shall contain and embrace, as

Statement

nearly as possible, the entire expenses of his district,

for the period during which he claims pay or com-

pensation, and shall contain a clear and detailed

account, showing plainly and distinctly whether the

amount charged for per diem of each supervisor in

the election district including himself, is charged

for services in superintending work on, or repair of

roads, or in, the necessary examination of roads in

said district, which account the County Commis-

sioners shall carefully examine, and they shall have

power to reject all items, unless satisfied the same

are correct.

Supervisory

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Chairman of

care.

the Board of Road Supervisors in each district, shall

exercise a general supervisory care over all the county

roads in his election district, and report the condition

of the same to the County Commissioners from time

to time as may be necessary, and whenever he may

be required to do so by said County Commissioners;

he shall make affidavit or affirmation as the case may

be, to the justness and correctness of the account

presented by himself, for work done under his im-

mediate direction and control ; before he presents

the same to the County Commissioners for payment;

Examine ac-
counts

he shall examine the accounts of the other two road

supervisors in his election district, after an oath or

affirmation as the case may be, has been made to

each of them, before a justice of the peace of Balti-

more county, by the supervisor presenting the same,