ART. 12.] GARRETT COUNTY. 845

205. District supervisors shall in April in each year, or
earlier, if possible, make a general inspection of all the roads
in their districts, noting carefully the flow of water and the
drainage that will be necessary; they shall consult abutting
property owners, and may, if they see fit, contract for a sura
less than ten dollars, with owners for doing certain specified
work and repair to roads and culverts bounding upon their
lands, such work to be finished not later than May thirtieth;
they shall pay for all hire of men and of teams, and for
material purchased, from the road funds placed to their credit
with the treasurer of Garrett county, or in their hands, and
shall take receipts for all money thus paid out; they shall
consult the road engineer upon all important repairs and shall
follow whenever possible the printed instructions which the
engineer shall furnish them in regard to the methods and.
maner of making roads.

206. The Board of County Commissioners shall annually
levy upon the taxable basis of the county such an amount as
they may deem necessary for the construction, maintenance,
and repair of roads and bridges; when this levy is made fifteen
cents on each one hundred dollars of the taxable basis of each
and every separate election district, shall be set aside to the
exclusive use of the roads and bridges in that particular
district, the increase above that rate only going into the gen-
eral road fund of the county; they shall cause the amount thus
apportioned to each district to be placed in the hands of the
county treasurer, subject to the order of the supervisor of
that district.

206A. When the district supervisors shall have given the
bond required of them by the County Commissioners, all funds
shall be placed to their credit, and subject to their order in
the hands of the county treasurer.

206e. Each of the district supervisors shall do, or cause to
be done all the regular annual repairs upon the roads and
bridges under his control before the first day of September
in each and every year; each of the district supervisors shall
be required to set aside five per cent, of all the monies coming
into their hands from time to time for general road repair, this
money so set aside shall be used only between the first day of
September and the first day of April of the following year, for
the unforeseen and accidental repairs of roads or bridges and
for draining of roads, opening of breakers and culverts and
snow drifts. Any money remaining in the hands of the county
treasurer to the credit of any district supervisor at the expi-