1832 SOMERSET COUNTY. [ART. 20.

he may be actually employed in clearing, smoothing and repair-
ing the roads as required by section 228, and also ten cents for
each person summoned as aforesaid; provided, the number so
summoned shall not exceed ten persons at any one time; and
shall be required by the county commissioners to give bond to
the State in the sum of five hundred dollars, with surety to be
approved by the county commissioners, conditioned for the
faithful discharge of his duties; and said bond shall be on file in
the office of the said commissioners, and may be put in suit by
the said commissioners, or any one suffering from the neglect of
said supervisor in keeping his road in proper order, or any other
failure of duty; and the said supervisors shall also be liable to
indictment in the circuit court for Somerset county, and on
conviction for any violation of his duties under this sub-title of this
article, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, and
stand committed until said fine and costs are paid. All fines
under this section to be paid to the county commissioners, and
applied by them to the use of public roads in Somerset county.

1888, ch. 96.

236. The county commissioners of Somerset county shall each
year levy a special tax, not to exceed four cents in the one hun-
dred dollars, upon all the taxable property of the county, the pro-
ceeds of which shall constitute and be called "The Public Road

Fund," and shall be used exclusively for the improvement and
betterment of the public roads in said county; and the said com-
missioners are hereby directed, out of said fund, to purchase a
road machine of the best and most useful kind, for the use of the
county, and employ the same under the direction of the road
supervisors in their respective districts; and if it shall be found
after actual trial, that such machine or other labor-saving appli-
ances are useful and economical, they are authorized and directed,
in their discretion, out of said fund, to purchase such a num-
ber and distribute them among the several road districts in the
county, as they may deem most conducive to the public interest.

Ibid.

237. In addition to the general fund provided for by the pre-
ceding section, the said county commissioners shall have power,