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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 28.
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Ibid s.7
Supervisors to
give bond
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35. The county commissioners shall require the
road supervisors appointed by them to give bond
to the state to be approved of by them, for such sums
as they may deem proper, conditioned for the faithful
performance by them 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 super-
visor in keeping the roads in his district in proper
order, and the said county commissioners shall have
full power to fix on the price to be paid for laborers
on said roads, and to authorize the said supervisors
to hire such number of laborers as they may deem
necessary, and the said county commissioners shall
pay the said supervisors such salaries or per diem as
they may think just and reasonable.
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Ibid. s. 8.
Fingerboards,
penalty for
tearing down.
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36. The county commissioners shall cause to be
placed at such of the forks of the public roads as
they may think need the same, fingerboards or signs
showing the prominent points that the said roads
lead to, and the distance to such points, and any
person tearing down or defacing such fingerboards
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof before a justice of the peace, shall be fined
not less than five or more than ten dollars.
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Ibid. s. 9.
Inconsistent
laws repealed.
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37. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
In force from March 6, 1867.
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1S67, c. 280 enacts the following, as applicable to Caroline and Talbot counties:
1867, c 289, s. 1
Road districts
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38. The county commissioners of Caroline and
Talbot counties, shall have power to subdivide each
or any of the election districts of said county into
road districts, and to appoint a supervisor for each
of the said road districts.
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Ibid. B 2
Labor on pub-
lic roads
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39. Able bodied residents of either, of the said
counties, between twenty-one and fifty years of age,
who do not reside within the limits of an incorpo-
rated town, shall be compelled to labor two days in
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