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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 646

CHAPTER 646

(House Bill 1499)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - County Commissioners

FOR the purpose of abolishing certain powers and duties of
the County Commissioners of Carroll County pertaining
to the position of Director of Public Roads for Carroll
County; and eliminating the necessity for certain
provisions pertaining to the public roads of Carroll
County in general.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 14-1

Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition and 1979 Supplement, as amended)

BY repealing

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 14-14

Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition and 1979 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:

Article 7 - Carroll County
14-1.

The County Commissioners of Carroll County shall have
general charge of and control over all the public highways,
roads, bridges, streets and alleys of Carroll County except
within the limits of incorporated towns; it shall be their
duty to keep the same in repair and reasonably safe for
public travel, and to that end they shall exercise a general
supervision over them throughout the county, and direct
general and special repairs and improvements thereto,
whenever they shall deem the same necessary or advisable for
the public convenience or safety; they shall have all the
powers with respect to the public highways of the county
heretofore vested in the County commissioners by the public
general laws of this State, and all the liabilities incident
thereto, including the right to sue and be sued in
connection therewith, and in addition shall have all the