ART. 13. ] HOWARD COUNTY.

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Sub-Sec. 7. In addition to the proper proportion of
the general road tax levied for ordinary expenses of
roads and bridges within the county, the county com-
missioners shall have power in their discretion, upon
the petition of thirty or more land owners within any
road district, to levy upon the assessable property
within such road district an additional special tax, of
not more than ten cents in the hundred dollars, to be
collected as other county taxes, and to be expended
under the direction of the county commissioners in the
improvement of the roads within said district.

Ibid. s. 6.
Special road tax

Sub-Sec. 8. Any supervisor may be sued before any,
justice of the peace in an action of debt, in the name
of the said commissioners for any dereliction of duty
under this act, the amount to be recovered not to ex-
ceed in any case the sum of one hundred dollars accord-
ing to the aggravation of the case: either party having

Ibid. s. 7.
Supervisors
may be sued for
dereliction of
duty.

the right of appeal to the circuit court as in other cases
of small debts; and all sums so recovered shall be ap-
plied in aid of the road fund of the district where such

Appeal.

supervisor acts; or he shall be liable to indictment in
the circuit court of said county, and may be fined at
the discretion of the court, and the fines imposed shall
likewise be applied to the road fund of his said district.

Liable to Indict-
ment.

Sub-Sec. 9. The several supervisors shall have power,
with the assent of the county commissioners, to contract
with the proprietor of any lands adjacent to any public
road, to contract with such proprietor for the keeping
said road or any designated part thereof in repair for
the term of one year, and said contractor shall, during
the time covered by his contract, be liable to be pro-
ceeded against for any dereliction of duty in respect to
repairing said roads, in the same manner as is above
provided in respect to supervisors in addition to his
common law liability for breach of his contract.

Ibid s. 8.
May contract
for repairs.

Sub-Sec. 10. If any person shall encroach upon any
public road by fences or other obstructions, or shall
purposely destroy or injure any bridge or culvert,
or destroy or injure any guide-post or guide-boards,
or dig any ditch or drain across any road, and not

Ibid. s 9.
Injury to roads,
bridges, &c.