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CHAPTER 330.
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AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments sections one
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hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and ninety-four, one
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hundred aud ninety-six, one hundred and ninety-nine, two
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hundred and three, and two hundred and ten, of article three,
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of the Code of Public Local Laws, title " Baltimore county,"
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sub-title "Roads."
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted Ly the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That seciions one hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and
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ninety-four, one hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and ninety-
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nine, two hundred and three, aud two hundred and ten, of article
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three, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore county,"
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sub-title "Roads," be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
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enacted so as to read as follows, viz :
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SEC. 189. That the road commissioners appointed for the sev-
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eral election districts of said county as above provided are re-
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quired to adopt such system for the repair and improvement of
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the roads in their respective districts as they may deem suitable,
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subject to the direction and approval of the county commissioners ;
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and the county commissioners shall have full power to require all
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work to be done in the repair and improvement of the roads by
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contract so far as practicable, and they shall adopt all necessary
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rules and regulations for letting out all such work to the lowest
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responsible bidders and allotting the repair of the roads in sec-
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tions to farmers or others most interested in keeping the same in
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repair, and whether the repairs of the roads be let out by con-
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tract or allotted, such contracts for the work to be done shall be
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made in writing ahd subject to the approval of the county com-
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missioners; no road commissioners shall have any pecuniary in-
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terest in any contract made in connection with the repairs or im-
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provements of the roads or bridges, nor shall he work any of his
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teams or hands otherwise employed by him on the roads unless
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by special direction of the county commissioners, such direction
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to be in writing and to be given only in the event of a failure to
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put out the repair of the roads upon contract or allotment as
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