HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 795

CHAPTER 616.
(House Bill 676)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
455A of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester County", sub-
title "Roads", as said section was amended by Chapter 287
of the Acts of 1941, relating to certain county employees
engaged in working on county roads and bridges in Dor-
chester County.

SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 455A of Article 10 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester
County", sub-title "Roads", as said section was amended by
Chapter 287 of the Acts of 1941, be and it is hereby repealed

and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

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455A. (1) Every county employee engaged in the con-
struction or maintenance of county roads or bridges shall be
under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the County
Road Engineer.

(2) Such employees shall receive not less than the hourly
wage "rate paid to State employees engaged in similar work
on State Highways in Dorchester County, and the graders and
tractor operators shall be paid the same compensation as the
person operating the trucks of the State Roads Commission.

(3) Each such employee who has worked under the County
Road Engineer for at least one year, shall receive the same
vacation, with pay, at a time to be designated by said En-
gineer, and shall also be entitled to the same sick leave, with
pay, in each year to which employees, of the State Roads Com-
mission with the same or similar classification are entitled.

(4) Every such employee who promptly reports for work at
the State Roads Barns designated by the County Road Engi-
neer shall receive at least one-half a day's wages, even though
he does no work on that day because of inclement weather.

SEC. 2. And 'be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 4, 1943.