ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 59

	CHAPTER 75.
	AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments sections two
	hundred and eighty, two hundred and eighty-one, two hundred
	and eighty-two, two hundred and eighty-three, two hundred and
	eighty-four, two hundred and eighty-five, two hundred and
	eighty-six, two hundred and eighty-seven and two hundred and
	eighty-eight, of article seventeen, of the Code of Public Local
	Laws, title " Prince George's county," sub-title "Roads,"
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
	That sections two hundred and eighty two hundred and eighty-
	one, two hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and eighty-three,
	two hundred and eighty-four, two-hundred and eighty-five, two
	hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and eighty-seven and two	Repeal.
	hundred and eighty-eight, of article seventeen, of the Code of
	Public Local Laws, title "Prince George's county," sub-title
	"Roads," be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
	amendments, so as to read as follows :
	280. The county commissioners of Prince George's county shall divide the county into road districts not exceeding the number of
	election districts, for each of which they shall appoint, to hold
	office during their pleasure, a supervisor of skill and ability who,
	under their direction and approval shall have charge of the repairs
	of all roads and bridges in his road district except such roads and	Supervi- sors.
	bridges as the county commissioners may deem it advisable to re-
	pair by contract, and such supervisor shall give bond in such
	penalty and with such security as said commissioners shall fix and
	approve, and with such conditions as they may prescribe in regard to the duties to be performed, the use, proper and safe keeping and
	due return of all property placed in his charge, the proper dis-
	posal of all moneys coming into his hands for road purposes and
	for any and all accounting required by law.
	281. Each supervisor appointed under the provisions of the pre-
	ceding section shall report to the county commissioners in writ-
	ing at their first meeting in the month of April, all repairs in de-
	tail necessary to be made on the public roads and bridges of his	Report
	road district, with an estimate to the best of his judgment of the
	proper and reasonable cost thereof; at each and every other regu-
	lar monthly session of the county commissioners he shall in like
	manner report to them in respect to the condition of the roads
	and bridges under his charge, and any newly required repairs not
	in his said April report.
	282. The supervisor of each road district is authorized to hire
	horses, wagons, carts and ploughs where requisite and necessary,
	and to employ able bodied men to work on the repairs of the pub-