ART. 13. ] HOWARD COUNTY.

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46. The county commissioners of said county shall
require each and every supervisor to give bond, to the
state of Maryland, to be approved by them in such
penalty as they may deem necessary, conditional for
the faithful performance by said supervisor of the
duties required of him, which said bond may be put
in suit by the county commissioners, for the benefit of
any person suffering by neglect of said supervisor in
keeping the roads in his district in proper order, or for
the moneys that may come into his hands under the
provisions of the preceding sections, and the said county
commissioners shall have power to fix the price to be

Ibid s 7.
Supervisors'
bond.

paid for laborers on said roads, and to authorize the
said supervisor to have such number of laborers as they
may deem necessary, and the said county commissioners

Laborers.

shall pay to said supervisors such salaries or per diem
as they may deem just and reasonable, not to exceed
three dollars per day.

Passed and approved March 3, 1866.

Per diem to
Supervisors.

1868, c. 353 enacts the following:

47. Whenever three-fifths of the capital stock of any
turnpike company in Howard county, chartered and
organized since the first day of January, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-eight, shall have been subscribed for
and taken by responsible, bona fide stockholders, the
county commissioners of Howard county are authorized
and empowered, in their discretion, to subscribe for the
remaining two-fifths of said capital stock in the name
and for the benefit of said Howard county, and shall
be entitled to be represented at all meetings of the
stockholders of said company by the county commis-
sioners for the time being, or by such person or persons

1868, c. 353, s. 1.
When commis-
sioners to sub-
scribe lor capi-
tal stock of
turnpike com-
panies.

as may be duly authorized by them; provided, how-
ever, that in accordance with the provisions of article
three, section fifty-four, of the constitution, this act
shall be published for two months before the next elec-

Proviso.