1630 PRATICE GEORGE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.

ers, at their first meeting in the month of May, what repairs are
necessary to be made on the public roads and bridges in his road
district.

1888, ch. 280.

282. The supervisor of each road district is authorized to hire
horses, wagons, carts and plows, and to employ not less than six
able-bodied men ham s to work on the repairs of the public roads
and bridges in his district; and he is required to commence the
ordinary repairs of said public roads and bridges in the month of
May, and to complete the same by the first day of October in
each and every year.

Ibid.

283. Each of the said supervisors is required to keep an accu-
rate account of the number of days he was engaged on the repairs
of said roads and br dges in his road district, as supervisor; the
number of hands worked each day, and the number of days labor
performed 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.

284. If any super dsor appointed under the provisions of sec-
tion 280 shall render to the county commissioners a false state-
ment of accounts, or shall be guilty of wilful neglect of duty, he
shall be liable to punishment and indictment by the grand jury;
and if convicted in the circuit court for said county, shall be fined
any sum, in the discretion of the court, not exceeding fifty dollars
for each offence.

Ibid.

285. The county commissioners are authorized 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 several supervisors, who shall take care of them, and
pass them to their sucessors when called for.

Ibid.

286. The county commissioners shall have general supervision
over the public roads of the county, and it shall be their duty to