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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the fine imposed by said justice of the peace in
case the judgment shall be affirmed, as also all
costs adjudged by said justice of the peace, and
also all costs awarded by the circuit court afore-
said ; and all fines collected under the pro visions
of this act shall be paid to the county commis-
sioners, to be by them applied for the purpose of
repairing the public roads in said county, and
the judges of the circuit court for the said county
shall give this in charge to the grand jurors
thereof.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the enmity
commissioners shall require the road supervisors

Shall give
bond.

appointed by them to give bond to the state, to
be approved by them, for such sums as they may
deem proper, conditional for the faithful per-
formance of the duties required of them, which
said bond may be put in suit for the benefit of
any person suffering by the neglect of the said
supervisor in keeping the roads in his district
in proper order; and the said county commission-
ers shall have full power to fix on the price to be
paid for laborers on said roads, and to authorize
the said supervisors to hire such number of la-
borers as they may deem necessary; and the said
county commissioners shall pay the said super-
visors such salaries, or per-diem, as they may
think just and reasonable.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the county com-

Finger-boards
or signs.

missioners shall cause to be placed at such of the
forks of the public roads as they may think need
the same, finger-boards or signs showing the
prominent points that the said roads lead to,
and the distance to said points ; and any per-
son tearing down or defacing such finger-boards
shall, on conviction thereof before any justice of
the peace in the county, be fined a sum not less
than five nor more than ten dollars.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted. That nothing herein

Liability.

contained shall be construed as rendering the
county commissioners liable for the acceptance
of any new roads further than they were liable
before the passage of this act.

Incorporated
towns.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That the authorities
of the incorporated towns within the limits of
said county be and are hereby required to keep
the public roads in good condition and repair to