The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1900-05-25

road districts, but no road district
shall be composed of more than one
election district, and an election dis
trict may be divided into number o1
road districts; each road district shall
be numbered, and the boundaries there
of shall be recorded in a we'll bound
book which shall be kept in the office
of said Board. These road districts
and boundaries may he modified from
time to time by said Board as may be
advisable.
294 c. The Board of County Road
Commissioners may employ Secre,
tary or Clerical help in the discharge
of its duties, provided the same does
not exceed two hundred dollars fol-
any one year. 1t may also pay all ex.
penses necessary and incident to the
discharge of its duties.
DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DISTRICT
| ROAD TRUSTEES.
294 D. The Board of District Road
Trustees shall have the care of the
public roads and bridges within their
respective districts, and all implements
tools, machinery and material thereto
belonging. They shall attend to all
repairs needed upon said roads and
bridges, and the same may be done by
contract or otherwise, and in connec-
tion Herewith make all necessary dis,
bursements, by orders of the Board of
County Road Commissioners, and en-
ploy all necessary labor, teams; imple-
ments and road machines which latter
must be worked by skilled men. They
shall not exceed the sum of money ap-
propriated to them 10y the Board of
County Road Commissioners, and
shall keep an accurate record of their
actions of which full report shall be
made by them to the Board of County
Road Commissioners on or before the
first day of November in each year,
supported by an affidavit to the truth
thereof
294 f. All wagons or carts of a
carrying capacity of 1900 pounds or
over to be used in Prince Georges
County which may be bought or built
after passage of this act, shall have
tires at least four inches wide, and all
wagons or carts so bought and used,
whose tires are less than four inches
wide shall pay special license OF two
dollars per annum, to be collected by
the Board of County Road Commis-
sioners through the Boards of District
Road Trustees, and all such money to
be used tor road purposes. Each wag-
on so licensed shall receive and carry
a license tag showing the payment of
said license.
294 F. Any person appointed un-
der the provisions of this act whose
duty it shall be to keep accounts or
make reports, who shall fail to do the
same, or who shall wilfully make a
false report Or account, shall be liable to
Indictment by the Grand Jury, and if
convicted in the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges county shall be fined
any sum in the discretion of the Court,
not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and he shall make good the loss aris-
ing from such neglect of duty or Of
fraud.
294 G.. The Board of County Road
Commissioners are instructed to avail
themselves of the advice and assistance
Of the Geological Survey Commission
division of Highways Of the State of
Maryland in the building of roads and
bridges and the repairs thereof
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that
this act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved April 10th, 1000.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
LLOYD WILKINSON,
Speaker Of the Homse of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary Of the Senate:
hereby certify, That the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act ofthe General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January Session, 1900.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary of the Senate.
CHAPTER sos.
AN ACT to establish new election
district in Prince Georges county,
by dividing District No. 3, or Bla-
densburg Election District: the re-
sulting districts to known as ely
attsville" and "Bladensburg" Elec-
tion Districts respectively, Hyatts-
vile Election District to be known
as and called No 1G and the other
as "Bladensburg" District or Dis
trict No.2.
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
new election district be laid out and
established out of Biadcnsburg Eelec-
tion District or Election Dis
trict No. 3; the portion of said Bla
densburg District laying Northwest OF
the main stem, or Washington Branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
in Prince Georges county, Maryland,
to be known and called by the name
of Election District No. l6 or Hyatts-