FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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such repairs upon giving bond annually to the State of

Maryland in a penalty of double the amount of the sum

proposed per year with surety or sureties to the satisfaction

of the county commissioners conditioned for the faithful

discharge of the contract, and the keeping in proper repair

the public roads embraced in such road district or districts

contracted for, and such contract so entered into shall of

bintiiug obligation in the county for the amount of yearly

appropriation for the whole period embraced therein ; pro-

vided that upon complaint being made by the trustees of

the public roads so contracted for and upon being satisfied

of the incompetence, neglect or refusal of such contracting

party to properly keep in repair the public roads, that then

and in that case the county commissioners shall have

power and and it shall be their duty to annul such contract.

191 C. The county commissioners may appoint super-

visors or other road officers for the repairs of the public

Road

roads in each of the road districts not let by contract as

super-
visors

provided in the preceding section at such fixed compensa-

tion as they may prescribe, who shall execute a bond to the

State of Maryland with two good sureties to be approved

by the county commissioners, and in such penalty as the

said commissioners may require for the faithful performance

of his or their duties ; and it shall be the duty of such

supervisors or other officers to keep in repair the roads and

bridges of said county under the direction and regulation

of said commissioners ; for any neglect of which duty in

the judgment of the commissioners they shall be subject

to removal from office, and for that or any other malfeasance

in office, shall be also liable to indictment in the Circuit

Court for said county.

192- The county commissioners shall keep a separate

account of all expenses incurred for opening, constructing.

Separate
account of

or repairing the public road, and each election district

expenses.

thereof. And they shall provide for the payment of said

road expenses by levying upon the assessable property in

each election district of said county a tax sufficient to pay-

the said expenses incurred as aforesaid for the opening,

construction and repair of the public roads in the respec-

tive election districts of said county. And they shall not

levy any road tax upon the assessable property in any elec-

tion district of said county, except to pay for the opening,

construction and repair of the public roads of said county

in such election district, provided, however, that whenever

any public road forms the divisional line between two or

more election districts the expenses incurred for opening,

constructing or repairing the same shall be assessed against