Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-05-28
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2l0l. The County Commissioners Of Charles
county, in order to facilitate the prosecution OF
la system of permanent improvement of the
roads of said county, shall provide for the SUI
perintendent of Roads suitable wagon, hx-
lures and team, tent and camp equipage for
permanent laborers, and all necessary road inn
plements and tools to be used by him in dis
charge of his duties aforesaid for the safe
keeping, proper use and due return of which, as
1 we'll as for the proper disposal of, and due &C
counting for all monies which may come into
/ hia hands i'm any Fay jas Superintendent OF
4 roads in DhaIle4 county, the aaid Superinfen-
dent shall give bond with security, to be ap-
proved blythe said County Commissioners, in
the sum of ten thousand dollars; and said Coun-
ty Commissioners shall also provide for the en-
ployment of o permanent corps of laborers,
\ not to exceed ten in number, who shall be en-
gagged by said Superintendent for such periods
and upon such terms as may be most economi-
/ cal and advantageous, and shall be employed
by him in carrying out the system of permanent
Improvement Of the: roads of said county de-
signed BY this law; provided that the expen-
i ditures for the above purposes, under this Sec
/ ton, shall not exceed in any one year, until
otherwise provided by law, the sum of FIVE
/ thousand dollars, including the salary Of such
I Superintendent.
j lO2. In order to carry out the foregoing
provisions, the County Commissioners of said
/ county shall be authorized and required to adj
vance funds, out of any monies of the county
levied for the repairs Of public roads, to said Su-
lperntendent from time to time us may be neceS-
| sary; or to raise, in advance, by negotiation,
such amount or amounts as may be sufficient,
| upon the faith and security of the annual levy
II ~ IL of ,or1n nfvy
for the repairs of the roads and bridges of said
county; ,end in order tpsayoid too large Q levy
and b1rdeH upon the tax payersSof said county
| in any one year, the said County Commission
| ers, if the proper prosecution Of this system
shall require it, may negotiate a loan or loans,
] upon the bonds of the county, at not less than
| their par value, bearing six per cent. interest
PAYABLE annually, and said bonds payable in
annual inStalments in such order as may rem
| der their payment not onerous to said tax pay
ers, and they shall provide in their annual levy
thereafter for county purposes, for the payment
of said interest, and of said annual instalments,
until said bonds shall be fully paid off and re-
deemed.
2 lO3 The Superintendent of Roads for
Charles county shall have power to procure
earth and gravel from any lands adjacent or
convenient to the public roads, for filling up
and raising same when necessary, where he
d saai land, and be shall return to tka County
Commissioners st ltement of same in such
cases with an estimate of its value, and shall also
give certificate or certificates thereof to the
owners of such land or lands, provided such
earth or gravel shall not be taken from the
arable and cultivated land of any person ex-
cept by his consent, nor his crops or fields in
jured in getting at and procuring same. And
said Superintendent shall also have power, in
draining roads, to let off the water therefom
upon~the adiOining lands at such places as may
be proper and necessary; provided he shall take
care to do 80 with as little injury as possible to
such owners of land, and, to that end, shall
have power to continue drains through such
lands SO as to prevent the spreading of the
water 80 let off the roads cultivated fields.
2104. Any person who shall obstruct, fill
up, or otherwise wilfully injure the drains made
by the Superintendent of Roads or supervisors
thereof, under his directions shall be subject to
presentment by the Grand Jury Of said county,
and upon conviction thereof in the Circuit Court
of said county shall be subject to fine, in the
discretion of said Court of not less than ten nor
more than one hundred dollars for each offence.
21O5. The Superintendent and Supervisors
of Roads in Charles county shall see that all
gates upon the public roads in said county are
properly constructed, and so hung as not to
cause UNNECESSARY delay or hindrance to travel
icISi 0kAu upon, W t4cf VWucfe lISlcOl,
upon notice given them, to replace gates not
so constructed and hung, or to have them pro-
perly repaired and rehung, it shall be the duty
of the supervisors to remove such gates; but any
person who shall tear down, destroy, remove
or leave open any gates so constructed and hung
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be liable to prosecution, in the name of
the State, before a Justice of the Peace of the
county, and may be punished by fine, not ex-
tan all for no of
provided that any such person may appeal from
the judgment Of every such Justice to the Cir
Fcuit Court for said county, upon giving bond
lin the usual form to the State for the prosecu-
| ton of the appeal and payment of the fine and
costs, if the judgment should be affirmed.
| , 1O6 The Superintendent of Roads for
Charles county shall annually report to the
County Commissioners of said county a care
fully prepared statement of all his operations
during each year, and of all sums of money ex-
pended in maintaining and repairing the roads
mate or estimates Of the Costs 81 tie same for
the succeeding year, which statement or sy-
Inopsis thereof shall, for theinformation Of ahe
people of said county, be published by the Coun-
tty Commissioners with their annual publica-
| ton of the county levy and expenses, or sepa-
rately, in their discretion. "a.
/ l07- The County Commissioners of Charles
tCOunLy Shall nave pOWcT W duOpG IulcS
and regulatfsns which may Id suggested by the
ISuperintendent of Roads that may be necessary
land proper for duly carrying out the provisions
of the foregoing sections and supplying any
Iomissions in the details thereof.
I SEC. 2. And 6e'z4 further Enacted, That the
present supervisors of roads in Charles county
Shall continue IN the perfornancesof their du-
ties, and be responsible therefor until suppressed
ed under. theproyisions of this Act,
Sec. 8. And be It enacted, That on the first
Saturday of June next, at an election to be held
at the same places Where elections are now held
by law in Charles county, of which notice shall
be given, by the Sheriff of said county, for the
time and in the manner provided by law for
such notices, and which shall be held, conduct
ed and returned by the Judges of Elections of
said county as other elections are required to
be done; the duly registered voters of said coun-
ty shall vote on the question of the adoption of
this Act by expressing, in writing or in printed
form, the words ''For the Road Law" or
f"Against the Road Law" as the case may be,
and no blank ballots shall be counted, but shall
be returned separately, and the returns of said
felection shall be certified and sent to the Coun-
| ty Commissioners for Charles county, and there
upon it shall be the duty of said Commissioners,
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