Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-05-06
WORCESTER ROAD LAW.
The Court Says II Must he Car
ried Out To the Letter.


think necessary.
SECTION , And he il enacted. That
any male inhabitant between the ages
of twcnty-one and fifty-tvc wears of age
and every other male inhabtant above
| tifty-fivc years of age and possessing
taxable property assessed ~ five hundred
dollars or upwards. who shall have re-
sided within the limits of Worcester
County for one month next preceding
the date when his services may be de
manded, shall be required to labor two
days in every year ON the public roads
in the road district i'll which he may re
side and the road supervisor whenever
the public roads shall need repairs. shall
summons all such persons in his road
district. or such number of them rs he
may deem necessary. provided that he
shall not summon the same party twice,
until he shall have exhausted the whole
number liable Ia such duty in his road
district. giving notice of the time and
place of meeting, provided that at least
one whole day shall intervene between
the time of notice and the day on which
the work is Ia be- performed provided,
however, that no person shall bc com
PEELED to labor more than four miles
from his place of residence.
SECTION g. And be it enacted. That
II any person not possessing taxable
property assessed at five hundred dol
lars or upwards, from whom such labor
on the public roads may bc required,
under the provisions of the preceding
section. shall make it satisfactorily APP
pear to the road supervisor of the road
district in which he resides that he is
physically unable To perform the said
labor, either by reason of permanent
disability or that said disability existed
at the time al which his services were
required. and is not able To pay the com
mutation hereinafter provided. it shall
be the duty of the said supervisor To
exempt for the time being such persons
| from the performance of said labor aud
communication for labor, and i'll ease such
supervisor shall refuse to exempt any
person who shall apply for exemption.
aS herein provided, such person, if h.
shall feel aggrievcd by such refusal,
may appeal To the County Commission
ers of the County whose decision may
be final.
SECTION /. And be il enacted,
That the County Commissioners of said
County shall purchase and supply each
road supervisor with one road machine.
horses, carts, one stump pullcr. road
plowS, shovelS. spades, axes nails. and
such other implements and tools aS may
be necessary for the repairing or CON
structing of said County roads, said
County Commissioners shallalSo provide
and supply each road supervisor with as
many mules or horses as they NAV deem
sufficient to properly carry on the work,
and the care and management of all
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direction of the County Commissioners.
SECTION ). And be it enacted. That
every person liable as aforesaid 10 labor
on said public roads who shall fail 10
obey the summons of the road super
visor. or furnish substitute, shall. upon
demand made by said supervisors. pay
to said supervisor the sum of seventy
five cents for each and every day mot
exceeding two days. that he shall fail To
perform such labor; and the said super
visors shall collect and account, under
oath. To the County Commissioners. for
all sums of money so collected and cN-
emptions granted, and shall apply the
said money, under the direction of the
said County Commissioners. to hiring
labor To work on the public roads, and
shall pay over Ia his successors. upon
the order of the County Commissioners
any surplus that MAY remain in his
hands, and the said supervisors shall
make the said report, under oath. once
in twelve months, and ii shall contain
in addition To the things hcrcinhcforc
provided, Il true account of all money
received and expended, the name of
each and every man who has performed
the labor herein required of him, the
number of days he has worked and the
time when, and the road on which the
said labor was performed.
SECTION g. And be il enacted,
That any person liable 10 labor as afore-
said who shall refuse To obey such sum
mons, and shall refuse to labor on said
public roads. as hereinbcfure provided.
for one or two days, as hcrcinbcforc
specified. and shall refuse or neglect
upon demand, made rs aforesaid. To pay
To said supervisor the sum of seventy
| five cents per dayton one or two days labor
as aforesaid. or shall refuse or neglect Ia
furnish a substitute aS aforesaid, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeInur.and
shall, upon complaint made hv such
supervisors, be liable To be arrested and
| brought before any Justice of the Peace
i'll the County upon Il warrant To be is
sued by said Justic" i'll the name of the
State therefor, aud shall upon proof of
such summons and failure to obey the
same and refuse to pay said sum of >cv-
enty-five cents per day for not exceed
| ing two DAYS, he fined Ia an amount
equal To- said sum of scvcnty-fivc cents
per day for not exceeding two days. and
all costs of such proceedings before said
Justice, including the pay for the wit
nesSeS for the prosecutions. and the said
Justice, in order Ia enforce the collection
of said fines. shall have the power to is
sue an execution upon the Judgment
| therefor and to make il part of said
| Judgment, and the party against whom
any such Judgment Is rendered shall
stand committed to the county Jail un-
til such fines and costs be paid, but said
| imprisonment shall not exceed ten DAYS
for any one offcnse, provided, that any
party against whom any Justice of the
Peace may render IA Judgment under
any of the preceding sections of this
Act. may ut any time within ten days of
| the rendition of such Judgment. appeal
| from such Judgment To the Circuit
Court for Worcester County, provided
the party so appealing shall give bond
with surety to the State of Mary land to
be approved by the said Justice OF the
Peace in the sum of fifty dollars. with
condition 10 prosecute such appeal with
effect. and To pay and satisfy the fine
imposed by said Justice of the Peace in
ease the Judgment shall he affirmed. as
also costs adjudged by said Justice of
the Peace. and also all costs awarded by
the Circuit Court aforesaid. and all fines
collected under the provision of this
Act. shall he paid 10 the County Com
missioners, to bc 10y them applied for
the purpose of repairing the public roads
in said County. and the Judges of the
Circuit Court for the said County shall
give this in charge 10 the Grand Jurors
thereof.
SECTION :. And be il enacted
| That the County Commissioners. shall
require the read supervisors appointed
by them to give bond to the State, to be
approved by them. for such sums as
they may deem proper conditional for
the faithful performance of the duties
required of them. which said bond may
be put in suit for the benefit of any per-
son suffering 10y the neglect of the said
supervisor in keeping the roads in his
district i'll proper order. and the said
County Commissioners shall have full
power To fix on the price To he paid for
laborcrs on said roads and To authorize
the said supervisors To hire such mum
her Of laborcrs rs they may deem nee
cssary. and that said County Commits
sioners shall pay said supervisors
salary not Ia exceed three hundred and
fifty dollars per anHum, and the said
road supervisors shall give their whole
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