The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-08-21
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
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.vnnAN ACT 5ni

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act relates to Somerset county, and to enact
the following sections in lieu thereof ~,
Section /. And be it enacted by the Gencr-
al Assembly Of Maryland, That the act Of As
senlbly, passed at January Session., in the
year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, chap
ter two huudred and ninety, entitled an "Act
to add new article to the Code of Public
General Laws, to he entitled Public Roads,
except SO far as sid Act relates Ia Somerset
county, be, and the same is hereby repealed,
and the following sections ciiacted III lieu
thereof: - s
!, Sec, 2, And he itenacted, That the County
Commissioners Of the several counties shall
have the power to snh-tlivide each, Or any u
the eleetion DISTRICTS Of their respective coun-
ties Tito roa,l districts, and t'appoint STU
pcrvispr for each IL the said road districts.
Sec 8. And be it enacted, That every male
inhabitapt, aboye iwenty-oie years of age, |
and possessing taxable property, assessed at
five hundred dollars or upwards, and every
other male inhabitant between the ages of
twenty and fifty years, uotrcshliny with |
In the limits of2an incorporated t,,wn, who
shall have resided in any one Of tho counties
to which this Act applies, for. one month
next preceding the date when his services may
| be demanded, shall be required TO labor two
days in every year on the public roads, in tho
road district in which he may reside, and the
Road Supervisor, whenever the public roads
shall need repairs, shall summon all such per-
| sons ia his roal district, Or such number of
them as he may deem necessary to make such
repairs, provided that he shall not summon
the same party twice, until he shall have ex-
hausted the whole number liable to such duty
in his road district, giving at least two days
notice of the time aud place of meetings pro-
vide', however, that no person shall he coin
PEELED to labermoro thai four miles from his
lplace Of residence and'the authorities Of the
Incorporated ttwns within the limits If any
county TO (which this Act applies, shall keep
the public roads in good condition and repair
to the distance of one mile from their rtspcc-
tive incorporated limits, and to enable them
to accomplish the same, they are hereby au-
thorized to.accept and apply the provisions of
this Act to persons residing within the limits
of their respective corporations.
Sec. d. And be it enacted, That if any
person not possessing taxable property as
scssed at five hundred dollars or upwards,
from whom such labor on the public roads
may be required. under the provisions Of the
preceding section, shall make it satisfactorily
appear to the Road Supervisors. of the load
district in which he resides, that he is physic-
ally unable to perform tho aid labor, cither
by reason Of, pcl1naneutl Disability, or that
said disability exNled htsthe timo at which
his services were required, and is not able to
| pay the combinations hereinafter provided.
it Shall be the duty Of the said Supervisor to
exempt such person from the performance of
such labor and Communication for labor !. and
in case such Supervisor shall refuse to exempt
any person who shall apply for exemption,
as herein provided, such person, if he shall
feel aggrieved by such refusal, may appeal to
the County Commissioners of the county,
whose decision shall be final. - ieA
Sec. s. And be it enacted, That the County
Commissioners of the several counties may
make such Communication of labor for teams
and carts or wagons, as they may deem pro-
per. ,5 sr ~
See. @. And be it enacted, That every per-
son liable as aforesaid, to, labor on said public
roads, who shall fail DO obey the summons of
the Board Of Supervisors, or furnish substi-
tute, shall, upon demand made by said Super
visor, pay to said Supervisor the sum of ono
dollar and fifty cents for each and every day
not exceeding two days, that he shall fail to
perform such labor, and the said supervisor
shall collect and account, under oath, to the
County Commissioners, for all sums of money
so collected, and exemptions granted, and
shall apply the said money under the direc.
tons of the said County Commissioners, to
hiring laborers to work on the public roads,
and shall pay over to his successor, upon the
order Of the County Commissioners, any sur
plus that may remain in his hands, and the
said Supervisors shall make q report on oath,
once in three months, to the County Commits
sioners, of money received and expended
h. .Sec..7. And DO it enacted, That any person
liable to labor, as aforesaid, who shall refuse
TO obey such summons, and shall refuse to la
Dor on said public roads, as hereinbeforo pro-
vided, for one or two days, as hereinbefore
specified, and shall refuse OF neglect, upon de-
mand made as aforesaid, to pay to said Super
visor the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per
day, for one or two days labor, as aforesaid, or
shall refuse or neglect to furnish, a substitute
as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall upon complaint made by
such Supervisor, be liable to be arrested and
brought before any Justice of the Peace in
the county, upon warrant, to be By said JUS
tice issued, in the nanae Of the State therefor,
and shall, upon proof Of such summons and
failure to obey the same, and refusal to pay
said sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day.
for not exceeding two days, be fined to an
amount equal to said sum of one dollar and
] fifty cents per day, for not exceeding two
| days, and all costs of such proceedings before
said Justice, including the pay for the witness
ses for the prosecution, and the said Justice,
in order to enforce the collection of said fines
shall have the power to issue an execution up-
on the judgment therefor, and to maze 1t a
part of said Judgment, and the party against
whom any such Judgment is rendered shall
stand committed to the county Jail until such
fine and costs be paid but said imprison-
ment shall not exceed ten days for any one
offence, provided that any party against whom
any Justice of tho Peace may render a judg-
ment, under any of the preceding sections Of
this Act, may at any time within ten days
from the rendition Of such judgment, appeal
from such Judgment to the Circuit Court for
any county wherein the same may have been
rendered provided, the party so appealing
shall give bond, with surety to the State Of
Maryland, to be approved by the said Justice
of the Peace, in the sum Of fifty dollars, with
lcondition to prosecute such appeal with eff
feet, and to pay and satisfy the fine imposed
by said Justice of the Peace, in case the judg-
ment shall be affirmed, as also, all costs adj
Judged by said Justice of the Peace, and also,
all costs awarded by the Circuit Court for the
county to which said appeal shall have been