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and he is required to commence the ordinary repairs .of said public roads
and bridges in the month of May, and to complete the same by the first
day of September, in each year.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 170. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 441.

738. Each supervisor is required to keep an accurate account of the
number of days he was engaged on the repairs of said roads and bridges in
his road district as supervisor, the number of hands worked each day, and
the number of days' labor performed by each hand, the number of horses,
wagons, carts and plows used, and the number of days they were in use,
and report the same under oath to the county commissioners.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 171. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 442.

739. If any supervisor shall render to the county commissioners a false
statement of account, or shall be guilty of wilful neglect of duty, he shall
be liable to indictment by the grand jury, and if convicted in the Circuit
Court for said county shall be fined any sum, in the discretion of the
court, not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 172. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 443.

740. The county commissioners are authorized to purchase, for the
use of the county roads, scoops, hoes, shovels and picks, for the purpose of
repairing said roads and bridges, to be distributed amongst the several
supervisors, who shall take care of them and pass them to their successors
when called for.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 173. 1912. ch. 790, sec. 444.

741. The county commissioner for each district shall have general
supervision over the several public roads and bridges in his district, and
it shall be his duty to see that they are kept in good repair; and he is em-
powered to suspend any road supervisor in his district for neglect of duty;
and in case of such suspension, he shall report the same to the board of
commissioners, who may dismiss such offender.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 174. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 445.

742. The county commissioners shall determine the per diem to be
allowed to the several supervisors, hands, horses, wagons, carts and plows,
and the number of hours that shall constitute a day's work, and cause the
same to be entered upon the minutes of their proceedings, and shall notify
the supervisors thereof in writing; and they are authorized and empow-
ered to levy a tax on the assessable property of the county sufficient to
carry into effect the provisions of this subtitle of this Article.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec, 175. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 446.

743. They are empowered to fill all vacancies that may occur amongst
said supervisors.