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Dec. Ses, 1825. |
JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
seventy-seven, chapter six, shall be and they hereby are repealed. |
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Passed March
7, 1826. |
CHAPTER 196.
An act relating to Public Roads in Talbot County. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the present mode of repairing the public
roads in
Talbot county, is found by experience to be imperfect; Therefore, |
Levy court
annually to
meet and record
roads
and appoint
supervisors. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy court for the county aforesaid, or
a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorised and required
to meet together on the first Monday of April next, and
on the same day in every year thereafter, at the court house in
said county; and when so met together, the said justices, or a
majority of them, shall be, and they are hereby authorised and
required, (if not already done to their satisfaction) to describe,
ascertain, and distinctly record in a well bound book, to be (if
necessary) provided by them for that purpose, the several and
respective roads and public highways in the said county, and to
nominate and appoint capable and judicious persons as supervisors
of the several and respective roads aforesaid, according
to the number and divisions of the said roads into districts, as
the same are or shall be ascertained upon their records, according
to the discretion of the said court, as to the number of districts;
not assigning to any one supervisor more than eight
miles of road. |
Penalty for
not serving
as supervisor.
Proviso. |
2. And be it enacted, That any person
appointed a supervisor
in virtue of this act, and refusing to serve as such, or to comply
with the requisites thereof, except for a reasonable excuse,
he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered
in the name of the state, before any justice of the peace of said
county; such suit to be ordered by the levy court, if in session,
at the time of such refusal; but if in the recess of their session,
then to be ordered by the president of said court; and when
recovered, to be applied by the levy court towards defraying
the county charges; Provided, That no one persons hall be compelled
to act as supervisor more than one year in every three
years, without his consent. |
Vacancy to
be supplied;
notification. |
3. And be it enacted, That if any supervisor
appointed under
this act, shall refuse to act, remove out of the county, become
disqualified, or die, in the recess of the said court, it shall
and may be lawful for any two justices of the said levy court
to supply every such vacancy so happening, by the appointment
of another suitable person to act as supervisor under the same
penalties and regulations as if he had been appointed by a majority
of the said justices; and the said justices shall certify
every such appointment under their hands to the clerk within |
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