LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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various abuses, whereby the county taxes are much enhanced, to
the emolument of individuals only; therefore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy court for the county aforesaid, or a majority
of them be, and they are hereby authorised and required to meet to-
gether on the 1st Monday of April next, and on the same day in every
year thereafter, at the court house in said county, and when so met
together, the said justices, or a majority of them, shall be, and they
are hereby authorised and required (if not already done to their
satisfaction) to describe, ascertain, and distinctly record, in a well
bound book, to be (if necessary) provided by them for that purpose,
the several and respective roads and public highways in the said
county, and to nominate and appoint capable and judicious persons
as supervisors of the several and respective roads aforesaid, accord-
ing to the number and divisions of the said roads into districts, as the
same are or shall be ascertained upon their records, according to the
discretion of the said court, as to the number of districts.

Dec. Ses. 1822

Levy court
directed.

9. And be it enacted, That any person appointed a supervisor, in
virtue of this act, and refusing to serve as such, or to comply with
the requisites thereof, except for a reasonable excuse, he shall for-
feit and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in the name of
the state, before any justice of the peace of said county, such suit
to be ordered by the levy court, if in session, at the time of such re-
fusal; but if in the recess of their session, then to be ordered by the
president of said court, and when recovered to be applied by the
levy court towards defraying the county charges: Provided, that no one
person shall be compelled to act as supervisor more than one year in
every three years, without his consent.

Supervisor-^
penalty.

3. And be it enacted, That if any supervisor appointed under this
act shall refuse to act, remove out of the county, become disquali-
fied, or die, in the recess of the said court, it shall and may be law-
ful for any two justices of the said levy court to supply every such
vacancy so happening, by the appointment of another suitable person
to act as supervisor, under the same penalties and regulations as if
he had been appointed by a majority of the said justices; and the said
justices shall certify every such appointment under their hands to
the clerk within ten clays thereafter; and the said clerk shall, within
ten days after being so notified thereof, issue a warrant to the person
so appointed, and deliver the same to the sheriff of the county afore-
said, to be by him delivered to trie person so appointed, or left at his
place of residence, within ten days after receiving the same, under
the penalty of ten dollars current money for every neglect by the
sheriff or clerk respectively.

Vacancy.

4. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Caroline county shall
at their first levy in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and
at their annual levy in every year thereafter, levy and assess on the
assessable property in said county, such sum of money as they may as-
certain from the different supervisors appointed under this act, for
the repair of the public roads in said county, to be collected as other
county charges are, and to be paid, under the orders of said court,
to such person as have had their respective claims allowed by the
'said court.

Levy,

5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of each supervisor
to call on the taxable persons of his district (who are actually charg-
ed with taxes) and none other (except as hereinafter provided) at
least two days before he intends working on said roads, exclusive of

Notifica-
tion &c.