ART. 15. ] MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

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103. The supervisor of each road district is hereby
authorized to hire horses, wagons, carts and plows, and
to employ not less than six able-bodied men hands to
work on the repairs of the public roads and bridges in
his district, and he is hereby required to commence the

Ibid. s. 3.
May employ
labor.

ordinary repairs of said public roads and bridges in the
month of May, and to complete the same by the first
day of September, in each and every year.

Within what
time repairs to
be made.

104. Each of the said supervisors is hereby required
to keep an accurate account of the number of days he
was engaged on the repairs of said roads and bridges
in his road district as supervisor, the number of hands
worked each day, and the number of days labor per-
formed by each hand, the number of horses, wagons,
carts and plows used, and the number of days they
were in use, and report the same under oath to the
county commissioners.

Ibid. s. 4.
Account, how
to be kept.

105. If any supervisor appointed under the provi-
sions of this act shall render to the county commis-
sioners a false statement of account, or shall be guilty
of wilful neglect of duty, he shall be liable to punish-
ment and indictment by the grand jury, and if con-
victed in the circuit court for said county, shall be
fined any sum in the discretion of the court not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars for each offence.

Ibid s. 5.
Penalty for
false account,
&c.

106. The county commissioners are hereby author-
ized to purchase for the use of the county road scoops,
hoes, shovels and picks, for the purpose of repairing
said roads and bridges, to be distributed with the seve-
ral supervisors, who shall take care of them and pass
them to their successors when called for.

Ibid. s. 6.
Commissioners
may purchase

107. The county commissioners for each election
district shall have general supervision over the seve-
ral public roads and bridges in his district, and it
shall be his duty to see that they are kept in good
repair, and he is hereby empowered to suspend any
road supervisor in his district for neglect of duty,
and in case of such suspension, he shall report the
same to the board of commissioners, who may dismiss
such offender.

Ibid. s. 7.
Duly of county
commissioner