ART. 9. ] CHARLES COUNTY. 303

two constables; for election district, number eight,
three justices of the peace and two constables, and for
election district, number nine, one justice of the peace
and two constables.

Approved and in force February 19, 1870.

See public laws, Article II, Anne Arundel county, sub-title, Justices of the Peace,
for the act of 1870, c. 434, which extends the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in
Charles and other counties to cases of assault and battery.

LANDLORD AND TENANT.

See public general laws, Article LI, Landlord and Tenant, sec. 22, ante p. 79.

ROADS.

1870, c. 139 repeals sections 03 to 95 inclusive, and also the act of 1668, c. 492 which
repealed sections 96 to 10V inclusive, and enacted others in lieu thereof. [See Sup.
1868, p. 310 et seq. ]

1870, c. 294 adds the following:

93. The county commissioners of Charles county shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to pro- vide for the repairs of all public roads and bridges in said county, and to that end may adopt any mode or system they may deem most expedient for the pur- pose, and may levy upon the assessable property of the county, and pay the expenditures for such repairs, and all incidental expenses arising therefrom, provided such expenditure shall not exceed the sum of ten thou-

1870, c. 294. County com- missioners to adopt a road system.

sand dollars for any one year; and they may divide the county into road districts, or the roads into sec- tions, and may appoint supervisors or other road offi- cers over the same, at such fixed annual compensation as they may prescribe in advance, who shall hold their places during the term of office of said commissioners, and until their successors are appointed; and it shall be the duty of such supervisors or other officers to keep in repair the roads and bridges of said county, under the direction and regulation of said commissioners, for any neglect of which duty they shall be subject to re-

Their powers.