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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall be compelled to labor more than four miles
from his place of residence.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any person
not possessing taxable property assessed at five

May be ex-
empted.

hundred dollars or upwards, from whom such
labor on the public roads may be required,
under the provisions of the preceding section,
shall make it satisfactorily appear to the road
supervisor of the road district in which he re-
sides that he is physically unable to perform
the said labor, either by reason of permanent
disability, or that said disability existed at the
time at which his services were required, and
is not able to pay the commutation hereinafter
provided, it shall be the duty of the said super-
visor to exempt such persons from the perform-
ance of said labor and commutation f or labor ;
and in case such supervisor shall refuse to
exempt any person who shall apply for exemp-
tion as herein provided, such person, if he shall
feel aggrieved by such refusal, may appeal to
the county commissioners of the county, whose
decision shall be final.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the county

May commute

commissioners of said county may make such
commutation of labor for teams and carts or
wagons as they may deem proper.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every person
liable as aforesaid to labor on said public roads

Shall pay sup-
ervisor.

who shall fail to obey the summons of the road
supervisor, or furnish a substitute, shall, upon
demand made by said supervisor, pay to said
supervisor the sum of one dollar and fifty cents
for each and every day (not exceeding two days)
that he shall fail to perform such labor; and the
said supervisor shall collect and account, under
oath, to the county commissioners for all sums
of money so collected and exemptions granted,
and shall apply the said money, under the direc-
tion of the said county commissioners, to hiring
labor to work on the public roads; and shall pay
over to his successors, upon the order of the
county commissioners, any surplus that may re-
main in his hands ; and the said supervisor shall
make the said report, under oath, once in twelve
months; and it shall contain, in addition to the
things hereinbefore provided, a true account of