1228 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 487

680 of the Acts of 1916, said new sections to be numbered
Sections 451A-451F and to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 451 of said Article, conferring certain powers upon
the County Commissioners as to roads and bridges, pro-
viding for a County Roads Engineer for Harford County
and prescribing his duties and powers, and providing for
the submission of this Act to the qualified voters of said
county for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That six sections be and they are hereby added
to Article 13 of the Code of the Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Harford County, " sub-title "Roads, " as said Ar-
ticle was enacted by Chapter 680 of the Acts of 1916, said
new sections to be known as Sections 451A-451F to follow
immediately after Section 451 of said Article and to read
as follows:

451A. The said Commissioners may have prepared by the
County Surveyor an official road map of the county, upon
which shall be designated all county roads and the distance
between intersections of roads or prominent thereon; when-
ever a new road shall be opened or accepted or an old road
altered or closed its location or the fact that it has been
altered or closed shall be properly designated on said map.
Said Commissioners may, at their discretion, have finger-
boards or sign posts placed at road crossings or intersections
designating the distance to the nearest prominent point and
may give suitable names to the county roads and change the
same as they may see fit.

Said County Commissioners shall have the power to let
out the repair or maintenance of any road or portion of a
road by contract when, in the judgment of the County Roads
Engineer, such course is deemed advisable, in which case
preference shall be given, where practicable, to the owners
of land directly interested in the proper care of such
road or roads, and such work shall be done under the super-
vision of said Roads Engineer. Whenever any taxpayer of
the county shall offer to haul stone or other hard material upon
any public road of his district at the price paid for the same
on such road or in such locality, the County Commissioners
shall give such taxpayer the preference, provided such stone
or other hard material is in condition for spreading on the
road when, hauled, if so required by the County Commis-