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Ch. 601
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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[14-2.] 10-102. Road districts; bridges; maps; signs.
It shall be the duty of [said] THE County Commissioners, as soon as possible
after April 3, 1906, to divide the county into road districts, the boundaries of which
and the number of such road districts shall be determined by the County
Commissioners [having] WITH regard to the convenient and economical construction
and repair of the roads. Each road district shall be numbered, and all public roads and
large bridges in the county shall be named, and, as far as possible, WITH the names by
which they are ordinarily known in the neighborhood [shall be given to each]. The
roads in the county shall be classified into main and district roads, and the district
roads into first-class, second-class, etc., according to the amount of travel each
receives. They shall have prepared a road map of the county upon a scale large
enough to show all roads and bridges and the distance between intersections of roads
and prominent points [thereon], and the names of each road and bridge, which map
shall be prepared within reasonable time. Whenever a new road shall be opened or
accepted, or an old road altered or closed, [its] THE location or the fact that [it] THE
OLD ROAD has been altered or closed shall be promptly designated on [said] THE
map. [Said] THE County Commissioners may at their discretion have finger boards
or sign posts placed at roads, crossings or intersections designating the distance to the
nearest prominent point.
[14-3.]10-103. Road tax; levy.
The County Commissioners shall annually levy county taxes, in an amount as
determined by [them] THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS from time to time, for the
repair and maintenance of the public roads and bridges in the county.
[14-4.] 10-104. Requirements for building roads and bridges.
[Said] THE County Commissioners shall adopt a uniform system for the repair
and maintenance of the public roads of the county, [such] as [their] THE condition
OF THE PUBLIC ROADS may demand and require. [They] THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS shall provide for the permanent improvement of the main county
roads by grading and surfacing, and in order effectually to carry out this requirement
[they] THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS may survey and relocate any of [said] THE
roads. The right-of-way of all roads shall be no less than thirty feet in width, plus the
easements necessary for slope and drainage, and the roadbed or traveled portion of all
roads shall be of sufficient width to allow vehicles to conveniently pass each other.
The County Commissioners may purchase all machinery, equipment and materials
necessary to make special or permanent improvements or repairs; and, except where
made by the County Commissioners themselves, in all cases in which any [such]
permanent improvement is made to any of the main county roads, the improvements,
except as [herein] otherwise provided, shall be let out on contract. Public bids shall
be received for these contracts, after due notice, [upon such] ON THE terms as the
County Commissioners may prescribe. The power and authority to build, construct,
widen, reconstruct and relocate county roads and bridges in Carroll County is vested
in the Board of County Commissioners.
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