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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	Road Commis- sioners.	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Road Commissioners shall have immediate charge of all bridges, sluices and trunks in their re- spective road districts, and shall keep the same at all times in safe and substantial con- dition, and shall make all necessary repairs or improvements thereto not exceeding in cost more than fifteen dollars in any one case, unless "ordered by the County Commissioners to expend a larger sum in said repairs or improvements; but they shall not exceed, in the total annual expenditure made by them, the amount appropriated for their respective road districts; and it shall be the duty of said Road Commissioners, prior to the second Tues- day of every month, to inspect the roads and bridges in their respective road districts and report in writing the condition of the same to the County Commissioners, at their regular
	Inspection and report.	meeting in said month, with any recommenda- tions that they may desire to make, and with a detailed statement of the costs of repairs or improvements made by them up to that time, attaching to said statement all written orders of the County Commissioners directing them to make repairs or improvements and all claims against them for labor or material duly re- ceipted, and also an affidavit setting forth the correctness of said statement; and they shall also, at the same time, report to the County Commissioners the name of any super- visor who may have failed to perform his duties as defined in this act, and any Road Commissioner failing to submit a written re- port and statement each month as herein pro- vided shall forfeit all claims that he may have against the county for services rendered dur- ing that month; and the Road Commissioners
	Semi-annual Joint Inspec- tions.	in each election district, with the County Commissioner in charge of said district, shall make, prior to the first day of each of the months of June and December in each year, a general inspection of the roads therein, and shall determine whether said roads are in the condition required by law, and report their