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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 28.

one dollar and fifty cents, shall upon the complaint
of the said supervisor, be liable to be arrested and
brought before some justice of the peace of Caroline
or Talbot county, upon a warrant issued by the said
justice in the name of the state therefor, and shall
upon proof of such summons and failure to obey the
same, and refusal to pay said sum of one dollar and
fifty cents, render judgment against the party so
refusing as aforesaid, for the said sum of one dollar
and fifty cents, and all the costs that may accrue in
prosecuting the said warrant, including the attend-
ance of witnesses for the state, and the said justice
of the peace is hereby authorized to enforce the col-
lection of the same in the same manner as small
debts are now collected by law in this state.

Ibid s 7.
Supervisors to
give bond.

44. The county commissioners of said counties
shall require each and every supervisor appointed
by them to give bond to the state of Maryland, to
be approved by them, in such penalty as they may
deem proper, conditioned for the faithful performance
by said supervisors of the duties required of them,
which said bond may be put in suit for the benefit
of any person suffering by the neglect of the said
supervisor in keeping the roads in his district in
proper order; and the said county commissioners
shall have power to fix the price to be paid for
laborers on said roads, and to authorize the said
supervisor to hire such number of laborers as they
may deem necessary, and the said county commis-
sioners shall pay the said supervisors such salaries
or per diem as they may think just and reasonable.

Ibid. c. 8.
Fingerboards,
penalty for
tearing down.

45. The said county commissioners of the respec-
tive counties, shall cause to be placed at the forks
of the public roads in Caroline county and Talbot
county, as they may deem necessary, fingerboards or
signs, showing the prominent points, or places that
the said roads lead to, and the distance to such points
or places, and any person tearing down or defacing
such fingerboards, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof before a justice of the