Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-04-26

[PuBLrsHtD By AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 5s4.

40 VI tHS NouC OA uUatC ASOIdi la MS,
title st. Mary's county, subtitle Roads, !"
and to add certain new sections to said
article TO follow Immediately after seq
ton 103, and to be known as sections
103 A, 1O3 B, and 103 G, lob d, 103 f,
and 1913 f.
SECTION /. Be Il enacted by tie General
assembly Of Maryland, That sections 100,
10i and 103 ofarticie 10 ofthe Code of Pub
lie Local Laws, title "St Mays county,
subtitle Roads" be and the same are here
by repealed and re-enaefed, and that GER
tain new sections be and the same are here-
by added to said article to follow sectioga
103, and TO be numbered as sections 103 A.,
I03 B, 103 G, 103 ID, 103 +, and lob F, ami
to read as TO said re-enaciment aud sail
new sections as follows:
100. The county commissioners of ST.
Mary's county Immediately after the pas
sage of this act, or at their first meeting in
April eighteen hundred and ninety four,
and thereafter annually at their first meet
ing in April of every year, appoint one
general road supervisor for said county.
and one district road supervisor for each
election district of said county, except the
third election district, where they shall ap'-
point two district supervisors. The said
general and district road supervisors shall
receive suck compensation for their servi-
ces ~ way OF salary or per diem as the
said commits ioners shall in their discretion
at said meeting fix. and such compensation
shall not be increased or diminished for the
term of one year The said commissioners
shall at the same time fix the compensation
to be paid 10 laborers on the public roads Ii
shall be the duty of the general supervisor,
and he is hereby required TO ride over the
public roads OF each district at least once
in every month during the season in which
they are 10 be worked, and 10 advise with
and direct as far as possible how, when
and where the work on said reads shall be
done The said district road supervisors
shall, subject to the advice of the general
supervisor, have exclusive control over all
of their respective 1aborers. teams, &c, dur
ing the time they are al work on said roads,
and each district road supervisor is author
lied TO employ not more than six laborersi.
and in no case shall any such supervisor
employ less than three when at work on
said roads during the time limited for work
ing on said roads. Each district road su.
pervisor shall keep an account of all the
material purchased, the number of DAYS
labor performed by himself and each la
borer hired by h m with any other expenses,
authorized by this act, which may be thus
incurred, and shall once in each month
render such account TO the general super
visor, whose duty il shall be TO report the
same monthly to the county commission.
ers, who shall draw their warrant on the
collector for the same when cash available
therefor is not on hand, but whenever they
have cash available all road accounts shall
be paid in cash; and ii is hereby made the
duty of the clerk or treasurer of the board
of county commissioners to, Immediately
after the adjustment OF said accounts, paw
over to the general supervisor the amount
due each district supervisor, laborer or 9TH
er persons tor material, team or implements
for the preceding month, and the said gen
eral supervisor shall thereupon immediate
ly pay oyer tn the persons entitled to re-
ceive the same the amounts due them i'm
the same manner in which he has received
the same whether in cash or script Before
proceeding TO perform the duties of his Of
flee the said general supervisor shall give u
bond 10 said commissioners in the penalty
of one thousand dollars with a surety or su.
reties to be approved by said commission.
ers, conditioned to the faithful performances
of his duties as such general supervisor
The term of Office of such general supervi-
sor and of the district supervisors shall b.
for one year only, subject 10 removal for
cause by the county commissioners before
the expiration of their said term. The
time for beginning work on said roads
shall be on the first day of May and shall
end on the first day OF November; but
nothing in this act shall authorize any SUI.
pervisor to do any work in any one year
after he has exhausted the amount appro
priated to lis district. and il shall be the
duty Of the general road supervisor Ia no.
tify the district supervisors whenever the
amount apporiioned to their respective dis
tricts shall he exhausted; but nothing in
this act shall prevent any supervisor from
cutting and removing any trees which shall
have fallen across said roads SD Us obstruct
travel, nor TO the repair of any bridge or
washout at any time IL the public cove.
nience requires It,
SECTION 10i. The county commissioners
are hereby authorized Ia purchase suclt
teams and implements as In their judgment
may be necessary for the purposes of mend.
ing the said public roads and may levy q
sum of money for the same over and above,
the six thousand dollars year IS author
lied by this act.
1913 IL shall be the duty Of the supervi
sors In preparing any road bed where they
have to throw ur earth Ia allow proper
drainage, 10 make such places in said roads
wide enough FIR two vehicles 20 pass each
other, and 20 remove distractions At least
ten feet from the centre Of said roads and
To require all owners tO move their fences
which infringe on said road ten feet from
the centre IF the same IL the public conve
nience shall require, and In all deep cuta
and sh irp curves 10 make the same wide
enough for two tracks when the same can
be done without excessive cost or inconve
nience.
103 A. The district supervisors of each
election district shall have power 10 hin,
such horses. oxen, wagons, carts, plows
and other implements as may be necessary
10 the successful performance of his duties
hereunder unless or until the same be fur
nished by the county commissioners.
103 B. The county lmmissioners NJ their
levy laying session for the year eighteen
hundred and ninety four shall levy suf
ficient sum of money TO pay of all out
standing county paper on account of roads
and shall also then and annually thereafter
levy a sum not exceeding six thousand dol
lars for the nse and repair Of said roads in
any one year. And the accounts and ex
penditures In this behalf shall be kept by
the said commissioners sni published IN
conformity 10 section 1 Of article % of the
Code Of Public General Laws title county
commissioners"
103 @. And the said supervisors shall b's
required 20 enter into good and sufficient
ko,H In tR.a nan ztau. ~ 50 hn nj rad dol.