ART. 13. ] HOWARD COUNTY. 343

ROADS.

1870, c. 320 repeals 1868, c. 358, [Sup. 1868, p. 339 ]

1870, c. 142 entitled an act to provide for maintaining and keeping in repair the
public roads of Howard county and to repeal the act of 1868, c. 353, enacts the
following:

40. Sub-Sec. 1. The county commissioners of How- ard county shall, at their April term next, or as soon thereafter as may be, lay out said county into conve- nient road districts, not to exceed twelve for the whole county, and shall appoint one supervisor of roads in each district, who shall serve one year and until his successor shall be appointed.	1870, c. 142 s 1. Road districts and supervi- sors
Sub-See. 2. When any person shall refuse to accept the appointment of supervisor, fifty days after notifica- tion thereof, he shall pay a fine of twenty dollars, to be recovered by action of debt before a justice of the peace, in the name of the county commissioners of said county, to be appropriated to road purposes within his	Ibid s 2. Failure to ac- cept appoint- ment.
district; provided, that the commissioners may remit the fine upon being satisfied that said person ought not to have been appointed; and the commissioners shall	Proviso.
have power to remove any supervisor who shall fail in or neglect his duties, and to appoint another person in his place.	Removal.
Sub-Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of each supervisor to cause all public roads within his district to be kept cleared, smooth and in good repair, with suitable drains on each side, so as to afford at all times free, safe and easy passage for wagons and carriages along such roads, to cause bridges and culverts to be made where neces- sary, and to keep the same in repair, and to erect and keep in repair at the forks and crossings, posts and guide boards with plain letters for guides, giving the direction and distances to the most noted places to which said roads lead.	Ibid s 3 Duties of super- visors.
Sub-Sec. 4. Whenever any public road shall be ob- structed in any manner, and whenever any bridge or culvert shall be out of repair or dangerous, it shall be the duty of the supervisor to remove the obstructions	Ibid. s. 4. To remove ob- structions from roads, repair bridges, &c