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see that they are kept in good repair; and they are empowered to
suspend or dismiss any road supervisor for neglect of duty.

1888, ch. 230.

287. The county commissioners are authorized to determine
the per diem to be allowed to the several supervisors, hands,
horses, wagons, carts and plows, and determine the number of
hours that shall constitute a day's work, and cause the same to be
entered upon the minutes of their proceedings, and to notify the
supervisors thereof in writing; and the said commissioners are
authorized and empowered to levy a tax on the assessable property
of said Prince George's county sufficient to carry into effect the
provisions of these sections, provided the sum to be raised shall in
no year exceed the sum of twelve thousand dollars.

Ibid.

288. The county commissioners are empowered to fill all
vacancies that may occur amongst the road supervisors appointed
by them.

1880, ch. 155.

289. The county commissioners shall set apart two-thirds of
the road tax of said county as a special road and bridge fund,
which shall be for the use and benefit of that district from which
it has been collected, and for no other purpose, and shall set apart
the remaining one-third of said road tax as a general road and
bridge fund, which shall be applied by them to the general use
and benefit of the bridges and roads of the county, and for no
other purpose.

1884, ch. 182.

290. In addition to the proper proportion of the general road
tax levied annually for ordinary expenses of roads and bridges
within the county, the county commissioners shall have power,
in their discretion, upon the petition of thirty or more land
owners in any district, to levy upon the assessable property
within such 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 com-
missioners for the improvement of the roads and bridges within
said district.