556 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 279

boundary between districts or any bridge shall lie partly in
one district and partly in another, the County Commissioners
shall assign to the road commissioner for each district the
whole or portion of such road or whole or portion of such
bridge over which he shall have supervision as aforesaid. Said
road commissioners shall frequently inspect all roads and
bridges in their respective districts, and shall promptly report
to the County Commissioners any defects therein or the need
for repairs and improvements thereto. They shall keep all
roads and bridges in their respective districts in general good
repair and employ such labor and make such expenditures
from time to time in connection therewith as the County Com-
missioners may allow them for such purpose. In addition to
such regular expenditures they may in case of emergency make
repairs to the roads and bridges in their respective districts at
a cost not exceeding fifty dollars without receiving in advance
special authority from the County Commissioners therefor;
but except in the case of such allowance for general repairs
and in the case of an emergency as aforesaid they shall make
no expenditures unless express authority from the County
Commissioners is first had and obtained. Said road commis-
sioners shall personally superintend and supervise all work
done on the county roads and bridges in their respective dis-
tricts, including the construction of new roads, and all work
done under contract by the County Commissioners, except in
cases where the County Commissioners shall provide otherwise,
and shall have power to discharge their employees for any
cause. They shall perform all work in their respective dis-
tricts in accordance with the plans, specifications, suggestions
or directions imposed by the County Commissioners; also per-
form such other duties with respect to the public roads and
bridges as the County Commissioners may by their regulations
or orders prescribe. Every road commissioner, when present-
ing for payment any bill for hire of horses, or carts, or wagons,
or other road repairing machinery, shall append thereto an
affidavit that the amounts charged for such hire of horses, or
carts, or wagons, or other road repairing machinery, or for
any material furnished are true and correct. Said road com-
missioners shall keep books, showing in detail the expenditures
made by them or under their supervision on each road in their
respective districts, including the costs of all material used on
the roads and the labor expended. On or before the 31st day
of December in each and every year for the year then ending, "
said road commissioners shall submit to the County Commis-