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four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eigh-
teen, nineteen and twenty," title " Baltimore Coun-
ty," sub-title " Roads," passed at the January session of the Legislature, eighteen hundred and seventy-	Repealed and enacted in
four, chapter two hundred and seventy-four, and to	lieu.
re-enact the same with amendments, be and the same
is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu
thereof:
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the County Commis
sioners of Baltimore county shall, on or before the
first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight, appoint for each election district of
said county, three persons, discreet and trustworthy
tax-payers, residents of the district for which they may be appointed, to act as road commissioners of	Appoint road commis- gioneis.
that district, for the term of two years, computing
from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and
seventy-nine, or until their successors are appointed;
and they shall make like appointments at their first
meeting in January every second year thereafter ;
that the commissioners thus appointed in each dis-
trict shall constitute a Board of Road Commissioners
for that district, one of whom shall be elected by
said board to act as chairman ; the commissioners
thus appointed shall each give bond to the County
Commissioners, properly conditioned for the faithful
performance of their duties, in the penal sum of one
thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the Boards of Road
Commissioners, appointed as above provided, are
hereby authorized and empowered to adopt any system for the repair and improvement of the roads	Adopt system of repairs.
in their several districts that they may deem best
suited to them ; they may allot the roads in sections
to the property holders or other responsible parties
interested in the improvement thereof in their
vicinity. Whenever any tax-payer shall be desirous
to pay two-thirds of his road tax by work upon the
public roads, or material therefor, the privilege may
be granted, such work to be done or material fur-
nished under the superintendence of the commission-
ers having charge over the sub-district, and in the
manner and at the times designated by such corn-