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duties that are now or hereafter may be imposed on them by law, and
they shall each receive, as compensation, the sum of five hundred dollars.*

1894, ch. 177, sec. 79C. 1914, ch. 648, sec. 79C. 1918, Ch. 318.

139. The said County Commissioners shall meet every first and third
Tuesday in each calendar month from the first day of January to the
first day of January next succeeding, and at such other time or times as
may be necessary.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 80. 1876, ch. 99

140. The county commissioners shall have the general supervision of
the public roads in Kent county, and the work done thereon, and for this
purpose they shall, at their first meeting in January after their election
and qualification, assign among themselves the different districts of the
county, one of said commissioners to each of said districts, whose duty
it shall be to supervise all the public roads in the districts assigned to
him, and to go over said roads at least one day and not more than two
days in each month, for which services they shall be entitled to the same
per diem and mileage as for other duties performed by them; and before
the accounts of any person appointed as supervisor under them by the
board of county commissioners are passed and paid by the said board,
they shall have first the endorsement and approval of the said county
commissioner thus assigned to, and put in charge of said district.
Richardson v. Kent Co., 120 Md. 153.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 81. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 83.

141. They shall pay to the clerk whom they shall appoint such sum
as they shall think proper for his services.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 82. 1860, Art. 14, se'c. 84.

142. The president and clerk of said commissioners may administer
oaths relating to the business matters of said board in all cases required
by the laws of this State, or the rules and regulations of said commis-
sioners.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 83. 1880, ch. 487.

143. The county commissioners shall have full power and authority to
make reasonable rules and regulations for the receipt and delivery of
freight, at or upon the public wharves in Kent county, and to enforce the
observance of said rules and regulations, by imposing upon the party vio-
lating the same, any reasonable fine not exceeding two dollars for any one
violation, which fines shall be collected from all residents of the county
as small debts are now collected, and from non-residents of the county by
attachment, as set forth in the next section.

*All county elective officers are now elected for four years, in accordance with
Art. 17 of Md. Constitution. Ch. 716, 1920, provided for an additional salary of
$200 each for a period of two years.