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CAROLINE COUNTY. [ART. 6.

repairs, shall summon all such persons in his district,
or such number of them as he may deem necessary, to
make such repairs, by giving at least two days' notice
of the time and place of meeting, and what tools they

Proviso.

must furnish; provided, that no person shall be com-
pelled to labor more than four miles from his place of
residence.

Ibid s 3
Exemption.

154. If any person from whom such labor on the
roads may be required under the provisions of the pre-
ceding sections shall make it satisfactorily appear to
the road supervisor of the district in which he may
reside, that he is physically unable to perform the said
labor, and is not able to pay the fine hereinafter pro-
vided, it shall be the duty of the said supervisor to
exempt such person from the performance of the said
labor.

Ibid s 4
Commutation
for teams, &c.

155. The road supervisors may make such commu-
tation of labor for teams and carts or wagons, as he
may deem proper, and the said county commissioners
are hereby authorized to fix and establish the amount
to be allowed to the owner, per day, for the use of such
teams; carts and wagons.

Ibid s. 6.
Penalty.

156. Every person liable as aforesaid, to labor on
said roads, who shall fail to obey the summons of the
road supervisors, shall upon the demand made by the
said supervisor, pay to the said supervisor, the sum of

Fines.

one dollar and fifty cents for each and every day he
shall fail to perform such labor; and the said super-
visor shall collect and account, under oath to the county
commissioners of the said county, for all sums of money
so collected, and shall apply the same under the direc-
tion of the said commissioners to hiring laborers to
work on the public roads, and shall pay over to his
successor, upon the order of the said commissioners,
any surplus that may remain in his hands.

Ibid s. 6.
Liability to
arrest.

157. Any person failing to obey such summons
made as aforesaid, to pay to said supervisor the said
sum of one dollar and fifty cents, shall, upon the com-
plaint of the said supervisor, be liable to be arrested
and brought before some justice of the peace of the