76 ALLEGANY COUNTY. [ART. 1.

from the year eighteen hundred and eighty, to appoint one
person, a resident of said county and qualified voter therein, to
be known as general supervisor of roads, whose duty it shall
be to take charge of the public roads and bridges of said county,

and. superintend the building and repairs of all such public
roads and bridges, subject to the control and supervision of said
commissioners in all respects; and said commissioners shall have
full power to make rules and regulations fixing and determining

the duties of said supervisor and the manner of performing the
same; and said supervisor shall hold office for the term of two
years from the date of his appointment, and until his successor is
appointed and qualified, subject to be removed by a vote of a
majority of said commissioners at any time, in which case they
shall immediately elect a successor to said supervisor to perform
the duties of said office for the unexpired term of the one so
removed.

1880, ch 286

212. Said commissioners shall have power to fix the compen-
sation of said supervisor, and to require from him a bond condi-
tioned for the faithful performance of his duties, in such penalty
as they may deem proper; provided, that he shall be paid only
for such time as he shall be actually engaged in the performance
of his duties, and that his compensation shall not in any one year

exceed five hundred dollars.

Ibid.

213. Said commissioners shall annually, in the month of Jan-
uary in each year, appoint such number of supervisors of roads as
they may deem necessary, and shall designate the road or roads,

or parts of roads, to be under the supervision of said supervisors
respectively, and shall apportion the levy for road purposes among
said supervisors, and determine, when necessary, the amount
thereof to be expended on each of said roads.

Ibid.

214. Said road supervisors shall give bond for the faithful
performance of their duties as such, in penalties to be fixed by
the county commissioners, and they shall be subject to such rules
and regulations as the county commissioners shall prescribe in
regard to their duties, and the manner of performing the same.