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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 309.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
213 and 214 of Chapter 447 of the Acts passed at the Janu-
ary Session, 1894, entitled an Act to repeal Chapters 49 and
679 of the Acts passed at January Session, 1892, of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title " Baltimore County," sub-
title " Roads."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Mary-

Repeal.

land, That sections 213 and 214 of chapter 447 of the Acts
passed at the January session of 1894, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-euacted with amendments, so as to read
as follows :

213. The County Commissioners, as soon as convenient after

Superin-
tendent of
bridges.

the passage of this Act, and on the first Tuesday in January of
every second year thereafter shall appoint a competent and
trustworthy person who shall thoroughly understand the busi-
ness of bridge building, as superintendent of bridges in said
county. It shall be his duty to make drawings and furnish
specifications for all new bridges to be erected and to make
specifications for all repairs on old bridges when the same shall
be necessary. He shall superintend the building of all new
bridges and culverts, and locate the same whether built by con-
tract or by the road supervisors. He shall also superintend all
repairs, and examine and report in writing to the commissioners
upon all new bridges or repairs made, and give his written
opinion as to the strict performance of the terms of the con-
tract by the contractor, and whether such work should be
accepted or not.

214. Whenever any bridge may need repairs, the commis-

Repairs of
bridges.

sioners may direct that such repairs shall be made by the road
supervisor of the district under the supervision of the superin-
tendent of bridges. It shall also be the duty of the superin-
tendent of bridges to measure all road material put on the
roads and avenues in Baltimore county when the quantity is
one hundred cubic yards or more. He shall report in writing
to the County Commissioners the first Tuesday in every month,
the quantity of material measured the preceding month and
the roads and avenues on which the material was used. The
salary of the superintendent of bridges shall be twelve hundred
dollars per year. Hg shall bond in the sum of two thousand
five hundred dollars for the faithful performance of his duties.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 14, 1898.