ART. 9.] CHARLES COUNTY.

a days' notice of the time and place of meeting, and
what tools they shall bring; and they shall collect all
sums of money due by persons who may fail to labor
in person or by substitute, on the public roads, which
they shall apply when necessary to the hire of labor,
teams, carts and plows, on said roads, and shall make
monthly returns of same, under oath, to the superin-
tendent of roads, and pay over to him any surplus in
their hands; it shall be their duty to notice the condi-
tion of the roads and bridges in their several districts,
and keep them in proper order, and when necessary to
notify the superintendent of roads; and for any

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neglect of such duty or failure to collect, account for,
or pay over moneys due for road service, or for any
other malfeasance in office, they shall be liable to indict-
ment and fine as provided by law; they shall be

Neglect, &c., of
duty.

allowed by the county commissioners for their services
whilst actively engaged therein, a sum not to exceed
two dollars per day, and they shall not be allowed any
compensation except for personal services, provided all
necessary laborers, horses, carts, &c., can be obtained
by them from tax payers in their several districts when-
ever required, to whom preference shall always be given
at such rates of pay as may be fixed by the county
commissioners.

Salaries.

100. For all work on" the public roads by hired
laborers, and hire of teams and carts upon the same
under the authority and supervision of the supervisors
of roads, said supervisors, under the authority and
direction of the county commissioners, may issue cer-
tificates of indebtedness, which they shall report under
oath at the end of each month to the superintendent
of roads, and which certificates, when endorsed by said
superintendent, shall be receivable in payment of county
taxes from the holders of such, for the years in which

Certificates of
indebtedness.

the services may be rendered; provided always, no such
certificates shall be issued to any person liable to ser-
vice upon the public roads, until he shall have just
discharged his obligation for any road services required

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