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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

road district, or such number of them as lie may deem neces-
sary; provided, that he shall not summon the same party twice
until lie shall have exhausted the whole number liable to such
duty in his road district, giving notice of the time and place of
meeting; provided, that at least one whole day shall intervene
between the time of notice and the day on which the work is
to he performed ; provided, however, that no person shall be
compelled to labor more than four miles from his place of res-
idence.

Exempt from
work.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any person not possess-
ing taxable property assessed at five 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 resides 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 supervisor to exempt for
the time being such persons from the performance of said labor
and commutation for labor, and in case such supervisor shall
refuse to exempt any person who shall apply for exemption as
herein provided, such person, if he shall feel aggrieved by
such refusal, may appeal to the County Commissioners of the
county, whose decision may be final.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners

Road super-
visor sup-
plied with
horses,
carts, etc.

of said county shall purchase and supply each road supervisor
with one road machine, horses, carts, one stump puller, road
plows, shovels, spades, axes, nails, and such other implements
and tools as may be necessary for the repairing or constructing
of said county roads; said County Commissioners shall also
provide and supply each road supervisor with as many mules
or horses as they may deem sufficient to properly carry on the
work, and the care and management of all said property shall
be subject to the direction of the County Commissioners.

Penalty for
failure to
obey sum-
mons of
road super-
visors.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every person liable as afore-
said to labor on said public roads, 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 seventy-five 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 col-
lected and exemptions granted, and shall apply the said