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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
ten days thereafter; and the said clerk shall within ten days after
being so notified thereof, issue a warrant to the person so
appointed, and deliver the same to the sheriff of the county
aforesaid, to be by him delivered to the person so appointed or
left at his place of residence, within ten days after receiving the
same, under the penalty of ten dollars current money for every
neglect by the sheriff or clerk respectively. |
190
Dec. Ses. 1825. |
4. And be it enacted, That the levy
court of Talbot county
shall at their first levy in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven,
and at their annual levy in every year thereafter, levy
and assess on the assessable property in said county, such sum of
money as they may ascertain from the different supervisors appointed
under this act, for the repair of public roads in said
county, to be collected as other county charges are, and to be
paid under the orders of said court, to such person as have had
their respective claims allowed by the said court. |
Annual levy. |
5. And be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty of each supervisor
to call on the taxable persons of his district, who are actually
charged with taxes, and none other, except as hereinafter
provided, at least two day before he intends working on said
roads, exclusive of the day of notice and day of meeting, and
notify them of his intentions, and the time and place of meeting
to work on said roads, what utensils and implements they must
bring, with carts and teams if necessary, whose duty it shall be
to furnish one half of their able bodied male hands if required,
(except in time of wheat harvest,) not under eighteen nor over
forty-five years of age, and also such utensils and implements,
carts and teams as may be required by, the said supervisor, if
the party called on, have or possess them, under the penalty of
one dollar currant money each, for every hand, and one dollar
like money for each cart or team so required, if default shall be
made, to be recovered at the instance of the supervisor making
the demand in the name of the state, before a magistrate, as
small debts are recoverable in this state; Provided, That reasonable
and lawful excuses may be allowed by such magistrate at
his discretion, and all sums of money so recovered, shall be
appropriated by the supervisor recovering the same, to the employing
of hands to supply the deficiency of labor, occasioned
by such delinquencies, in which case or cases, (but in no other,)
the said supervisor shall be at liberty to employ such persons
as are not taxables nor charged with taxes, until all the money
so recovered shall be expended; And provided always, That it
shall not be lawful for any supervisor appointed under this act,
to employ more than half of his own able bodied hands at any
one time, nor at any other time than when he calls on the taxables
of his district, as hereinbefore directed, to labor in repairing
the public roads, except to repair broken bridges or accidental
obstructions in or across said roads. |
Notice of
working on
roads—Penalty
for not
furnishing
hands, &c.
Provisoes.
Money applied. |
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