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he submitted to the inspection of any taxpayer of the road commissioner

district whenever such inspection is demanded1, and any road commissioner
who shall fail to enter in said book any sum of money expended by him

or shall make any fraudulent or deceptive entry therein shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be fined a sum of
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars,
and the Governor shall immediately remove him from the office of road

commissioner and appoint his successor.

1912, ch. 209, sec. 5.

191. The terms of said Board of Road Commissioners shall begin on
the first day of May succeeding their appointment 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 enter-
ing 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 Com-
missioners 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 meeting 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 Tuesday 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 commissioner provided for by this act to use

any of the powers conferred upon him by this act directly or indirectly, in
the interest of any candidate or candidates in any primary or general
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 juris-

diction, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not less than thirty

days nor more than ninety days.

1912, ch. 209, sec. 7.

192. The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County aforesaid shall
in each year levy upon the assessable property in said county such a sum

of money as may be required to pay the interest on said bonds* as said

*Sec. 6, ch. 209, 1912, authorized commissioners to issue $75,000 of road bonds.