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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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person shall have been notified by the road supervisor to
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remove said obstructions and shall have failed so to do for
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the space of two days after said notification, and provided
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farther that the person so placing said obstructions in or
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upon the public road or in the side ditches thereof, shall be
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liable for a fine of five dollars for each day that he permits
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said obstruction to remain, the said fine to be in addition
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to the original fine of five dollars, which said additional fine
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shall be imposed by said justice and enforced in like manner
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as said original fine, and the said justice of the peace shall
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pay over to the county commissioners of Howard County
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said fine when received by him to be placed to the credit of
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the district in which it has been imposed, and said fine shall
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be collected as other fines are collected by justices of the
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peace.
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SEC. "110. And be it enacted, That the county com-
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Levy for
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missioners shall annually levy upon the assessable property
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roads.
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of Howard County at the time of making the county levy
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not less than twenty cents or more than thirty cents on the
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one hundred dollars, for the use of the county roads, which
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shall be collected as other county taxes are collected, and
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the tax so levied and collected for roads shall be set apart
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as a special road fund which shall be for the use and benefit
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of that district from which it has been collected, and for
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no other purpose.
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SEC. 111. And be it enacted, That of the taxes levied and
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set apart as a special road fund not less than three-fourths
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Road
fund ? how
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thereof shall be expended in the purchase of broken stone
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applied.
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or other hard material to be used on the roads in such
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manner as the commissioners with the assistance of the '
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supervisor may determine unless on application of the tax-
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payers resident in the neighborhood the commissioners may
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determine upon any section of road to devote a larger pro-
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portion than one-fourth of such fund, to grading or other
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pressing needs ; and the county commissioners may, if it
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shall appear to be in the interest of economy purchase one
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or more stone crushers out of the fund set apart as the gen-
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eral road fund for the purpose of crushing stone for use of the
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roads to be operated in such manner as they shall determine.
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SEC. 112. And be it enacted, That whenever any person or
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Private
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persons shall desire to improve any road to an extent beyond
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contribu-
tions for
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that contemplated by the county commissioners, and the
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public
roads.
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supervisors of the district when it is located, he or they
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may make application to the commissioners by petition
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setting forth the location of the road to be improved, the
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extent and character of the improvement, and the probable
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cost thereof, and if the county commissioners after consid-
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