406 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 209]

misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be fined a sum
of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hun-
dred dollars, and the Governor shall immediately remove him
from the office of road commissioner and appoint his successor.

SEC. 5. The terms of said Board of Road Commissioners
shall begin on the first day of May succeeding their appoint-
ment or election, and within ten days thereafter the members
of said board shall qualify by taking an oath to be administered
by the clerk of the Circuit Court for said county that they
will faithfully execute the duties of their office, but before
entering upon the duties of their office they shall give a bond
to the State of Maryland in the sum of three thousand dollars
each conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties
and the proper expenditure of all moneys coming into their
hands, and all moneys recovered as a result of any suit upon
said bonds shall be paid to the Board of Road Commissioners
by the clerk of the Circuit Court; said bonds to be approved by
the clerk of said Court and filed with him. At the first meet-
ing they shall elect one of their members as president to serve
during their pleasure. They shall thereafter meet for the
transaction of business at least once a month on the second Tues-
day of each month in Leonardtown and as often thereafter as
may be found necessary.

The County Commissioners are hereby directed as soon as a
member of said board shall qualify to assign to said board a
suitable room in the courthouse of said county for the exclusive
use of said board. It shall not be lawful for any road commis-
sioner provided for by this act to use any of the powers con-
ferred upon him by this act directly or indirectly, in the
interest of any candidate or candidates in any primary or gen-
eral election hereafter to be held in St. Mary's county; and it
shall be the duty of the Governor upon the receipt of written
charges of the violation of any of the provisions of this section
against any road commissioner to provide for a hearing, and
if the charges are sustained the Governor shall remove said
road commissioner and appoint his successor. And any road
commissioner who may violate any of the provisions of this
section shall be liable to indictment in any Court of competent
jurisdiction, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not
less than thirty days nor more than ninety days.

SEC. 6. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this act the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County are
authorized and directed to issue coupon bonds to the amount
of seventy-five thousand dollars bearing interest at the rate of
four per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first