The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-05-16
Duties Of Road commissioners
and Road Supervisors.

and Road Supervisors.
The clerk OF the county commissioners
has, by order ni the board, fol aided tie
following letter OF Instructions to tie
road commissioners and ROAD SLIPPERY isors
of the county:
DEAR SIR AN directed by the
county commissioners to call your special
attention to the respective duties o. road
commissioners and road supervisors an
der the provisions Of act Of assembly,
passed January session ISL chapter ~.
and the rules adopted by said coAiniS-
| SiunerS in accordance herewith.
Road commissioners have Immediate
charge of all bridges, sluices and trunks
| Ill their respective road districts, and
shall keep the same at all times in safe
and substantial condition and shall make
all necessary repairs or improvements
| thereto not exceeding i'll cost more than
| fifteen dollars in any onc case, unless or
dered by the county commissioners i'll
writing to expend a larger sum i'll said
repairs or improvements; and it shall be
| the duty of SAID road commissioners,
prior 10 the second Tuesday of every
| month, to inspect the roads and bridges
i'll their respective road districts. and re-
port in writing the coalition of the same
20 the county commissioners at their
regular meeting i'll said month, with any
Recommendations that they may desire
to make, and with 4 statement OF the
costs of repairs or improvements made
by them up to that time, attaching to
said statement an affidavit in the usual
form; and they shall also at the same
time, report to the county commissioners
the name OF any supervisor who may
have failed to perform his duties The
reports and statements should be pre-
scented regularly snd promptly, as they
are desiyue to furnish the commissioners
reliable information upon which to take |
action at their meetings. Statements |
should be SO itemiZci as to show the |
exact cost of each bridge or section OF |
road repaired. All bills contracted by |
the road commissioners should he made |
out in their names and attached to their |
statements as vouchers. All written Or |
ders Of the county commissioners should |
be filed with the statements containing |
accounts Of the work done under said or
iers.
The road commissioners i'll each cleo
ton district, with the county commits
sloner il charge of said district. shall |
make, prior to the first day Of each OF
the months Of January, April, July and |
October in each year, a general inSpcc
ton of the roads therein, and shall de-
termne whether said roads are in tie
condition required by law and report |
their determination 80 the county com
missionerS; and Immediately after said
inspection the road commissioners shall |
meet to issue to the road supervisors who
have complied with the law certificates
for one-iourth of the yearly proportion of
their contracts; but 10 certificates shall
be issued except upon the concurrence OF
at least two OF SaiG commissioners, who
shall also aitiX their names to said cert-
ticates. All certificates should be issued
before the oates above named, SO that
payment may be made then if desired.
ENcerti!icat@s should be subsequently
iSst.r7>t for the quarter in which the gen
eral inS1 ~cton is made for any road not
i'll prop, 4 condition at that time, even
though thu road be repaired thereafter;
provided the failure to repair be due to
neglect on the par5 of the supervisor.
When any unlawful obstruction or in
jury to publia road shall have been re.
ported to the road commissioner in whose
road district the same is located, the said
commissioner shall forthwith remove
said obstruction or repair said injury at
the cost OF the person causing the same
and il he shall refuse to pay the cost to
the road commissioner the county com
missioncrs shall pay the Same and ins9
tute suit al once against such person to
recover SAID costs. Immediately upon
the receipt of notice that the bridges in
their districts or roads in their charge
have been damaged the read commits
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