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culverts to be made where necessary, and to keep the same in repair; and
erect and keep in repair at the forks and crossings, posts and guide boards
with plain letters for guides, giving the direction and distances to the
most noted places to which said roads lead.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 107.

246. Whenever any public road shall be obstructed in any manner,
and whenever any bridge or culvert shall be out of repair or dangerous,
it shall be the duty of the supervisor to remove the obstructions and to
have the bridges and culverts rebuilt or repaired; provided, the cost there-
of shall not exceed ten dollars; but if the cost exceed ten dollars, he shall
report the same to the county commissioners, whose duty it shall be to
immediately cause the obstructions to be removed, or such bridge or con-
duit to be rebuilt or repaired, as the case may be, either by ordering the
supervisor to hire laborers and teams for the purpose, or by making a
contract therefor with some fit person; and all monies required to carry
out the provisions of this sub-title of this Article shall be paid out of the
funds of the county, on the order of the Commissioners; and all bills of
costs for hire of persons or teams, or for other expenses incurred in re-
pairing the public roads, when approved by the county commissioners by
endorsement thereon, shall be receivable from the party to whom the same
are due, or his assignees in writing, in payment of county taxes due by
the lawful holders thereof.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 108. 1870, ch. 142.

247. The several supervisors shall make general repairs of the roads
within their districts at least twice in each year, once prior to the fifteenth
of May and once prior to the fifteenth of September; and the county com-
missioners shall fix and regulate, from time to time, the prices to be paid
by supervisors for the hire of necessary teams and laborers to execute
any work upon said roads required by law.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 109. 1870, ch. 142.

248. The several supervisors shall report semi-annually, in June and
November, to the county commissioners, the state of the roads within
their districts, and the expenses incurred by them, the amount of money
paid out by them in constructing and repairing roads, with the vouchers,
for the same; each supervisor shall be entitled to receive an annual salary
of not exceeding three dollars per day for each day he is actually em-
ployed on the roads for the said commissioners, and shall be wholly ex-
empt, during his time of service, from militia duty, and from service on
juries; and moreover, no supervisor shall be allowed to hire his own
carts, teams or laborers in his own private employment, for any service
on said public roads.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 110. 1870, ch. 142.

249. In addition to the proper proportion of the general road tax
levied for ordinary expenses of roads and bridges within the county, the