The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-01
CHAPTER es5.

CHAPTER 685.
AN AC to repeal Sections 188 to 2l7, inclusive
of Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws
title Baltimore County," subtitle Roads,
as amended by Chapter 40 and Chapter $40 0
1894. Chapter 469 of the Acts of 1895. and Chap
ter 800 of the Acts of 1898, and to re-enact th
same with amendments. and to add five nev
2l7A. 2l7B, 2l7C. 2l7D and 2l7E.
SECTION i. Be IL enacted By the General Assena6h
Of Maryland, That Sections 1sS to 2l7 inclusive O
Article of the Code of Public Local Laws
title Baltimore County," subtitle Roads" al
amended by Chapter 40 and Chapter $40 of the
ACTS Of lSS chapter 4aa OF the Acts OF lss CnaP
Acts OF 1898. be and the same are hereby repeal
ed and re-enacted with amendments, and five
designated Sections 2l7A, 2l7B, 21TC, 2I7D and
2I7E, to follow Section q III and to read as follows
SEC 49, The County Commissi9nefs t Of pa Baitl u
Januaiy. 1901, appoint from each election dis
trict. three in such districts as have three or
tricts which have less than three election pre-
cincts. persons discreet and trustworthy tax
payers, residents and voters of the district for
which they may be appointed. and who shall
have during the one year prior to their appoint
ment resided in and paid taxes annually on
property of at last an assessed value of five hum
dred dollars. to act as Road Commissioners of
that district for the term of two years, c0mpu-
ting from the first day of January 1901. or until
their successors are appointed, and the County
Commissioners shall make like appointments at
their first meeting in January in every second
year thereafter; that the Commissioners thus
appointed from each district shall constitute q
board of Road Commissioners. one of whom shall
be elected by said Board to act as chairman. The
Commissioners thus appointed shall each give
conditioned, for the faithful performance Of
their duties in the penal sum Of one thousand
dollars.
SEQ. 1S9. The Road Commissioners SO appoint
ee shall within ten days after receiving notice of
their appointment, and having taken the oath of
Office, proceed to organize their respective
board. and shall meet for the transaction of busi
ness at such time and place as they may deter
mine and when called upon by the chairman.
and they shall divide their respective districts
into sub-districts as nearly in extent as practf-
cable. and to assign to each Commissioner the
sub district over which he shall have special SUI
pervlsOn.
SEC. $780, The Road Commissioners so appoint
ed are hereby required to adopt such system for
the repairs and Improvements of the roads in
their respective districts as said Board may deem
best. having just called for and received from
the Baltimore County Roads Engineer, hereafter
mentioned. written report. stating what sys-
tenn he advises in said district provided, how
ever. that no Road Commissioner shall have any
pecuniary interest In any contract, and shall fur
nish no team for any work. unless authorized by
the County Commissioners. in writing, and pro-
yided further, that such system shall require at
least two thirds Of the road tax to be expended
In macadamizing the roads with stone or other
SEC. i9l The Road Commissioners shall keep
books showing In detail the expenditure on each
road In their respective districts, including the
cost of all material used on the roads, and the
labor expended, which books shall be open to the
inspection of the County Commissioners. the
Baltimore County Roads Engineer and any tax
payer of Baltimore county; and before making
any repairs or improvements on any road cost
ing more than one hundred dollars, they shall
ask for. and receive from the said engineer,
plans and specifications for such proposed re-
pairs and improvements, and before purchasing
stone IN quantities OF more than one hundred
perches, they shall submit to the State Geolo-
gist. through the said Engineer, specimens of
the stone offered to them for use on the roads,
Written @ IepoT rr9m q said state
or before the tenth day of January, in each year.
they shall submit to the Baltimore County Roads
Ing points !: The condition Of the roads in each
the improvements that have been made
In the twelve months ending December 3lst of
the previous year; the amounts and kind of ma
terIal used on each road, with a detailed state
ment of its cost and the amount and cost of hard
material and labor on each road.
SEC. 193. The Road Commissioners in each dis
Roads Ensneer
the month Just passed. Including the cost Of ma
terial used on each road, and the amount OF laDor
bills and shall mark the same approved, II cor
rect and after the expiration Of one week from
the time ne mas t4e4 % abe ne nty nn cnm
who shall after the same have been
audited, shall order the payment of all
bills and pay rolls, which shall be properly sign
ed by the chairman. and at least one other Com
missioner of the respective DISTRICTS and mark
ed approved by the said Engineer to an amount
not exceeding the special road tax collected from
0as SrC' ig3. Each Road Commissioner shall be en-
titled to one hundred and twenty five dollars per
annum to cover his personal expenses; and the
County Commissioners are authorized to allow
any person who may be employed as Examiner
of new roads to be altered, bridges to be repaired
or built, per diem not TO exceed Two dollars 1or
each day so employed.
SEC l0l. All Road Commissioners shall be sub
ject to removal by the County Commissioners
for neglect or refusal to comply with the duties
of their Office; provided. they shall be notified
of the charge against them in writing by the
pear before them at stated time and answer
the charge, and If any Commissioner shall re-
sign or be removed: his place shall be filled by
the County Commissioners within thirty days
after any vacancy shall occur.
SEC 1856. The Road Commissioners herein pro-
vided for shall take charge of all roads and
bridges in their respective districts. and shall
see that no distractions. hindrances or injury Is
permitted upon any road or bridge under their
supervision, and when any road or oridge snali
form the boundary between districts. the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall assign to each district It's
portion of said road or bridge and any person
placing obstruction of any kind whatsoever on
the public road, or in any side bitches thereof.
shall be liable to fine OF five dollars ana
costs for each and every such Offense, which
shall be imposed by any Justice of the Peace of
fhe district within which such offense shall be
committed, upon the complaint OF the Road
Commissioner having charge of said road pro-
said obstruction by the Road Commissioners,
shall fail to do so within two days after n0tfca-
tion: and provided further, that the person SO
placing said obstruction on the public roads. or
In the side ditches shall be liable to fine of five
dollars for each day that he permits said OBJ
struction to remain. the said fine to be in addi-
tion to the original fine of five dollars, after the
expiration of said two days, to be imposed by
said Justice in like manner as said original fine !;
said fine to be paid by the Justice to the county
Commissioners of Baltimore County, and placed
by them to the credit of the district in which 1t
has been imposed; said fines to be enforceable as
other fines imposed by the Justice of the Peace.
SEC. 1856. The Governor of the State of Mary
land SHALL on or before the first day OF January,
1901. appoint as Baltimore County Roads Engi-
neer man having the degree of Civil Engineer.
and experienced in bridge and road building,
who shall hold office until removal by the Gov
ernor or his successors, for such good cause as
SEC. lg7. THE Baltimore County Roads Engi-
neer shall inspect the roads in each district as
the Road Commissioners Of the respective dis
frlcts such repairs and improvements as he may
think advisable; and he shall also submit speci-
hot.nfs st Of any particular road when called
upon by the said Road Commissioners, and snail
submit to the said Road Commissioners OF the
maintenance of the roads, and shall, when direc-
ted by the Road Commissioners in any district,
give instruction to the foreman as to the places
most in need of repairs and the manner in which
the work shall be performed, and shall assist the
Road Commissioners in any other manner which
the said Road Commissioners may require and
the baltimore County Roads Engineer shall an
.ssSalv on or before the first day of February in
each year, make written report to the County
commissioners of Baltimore County and to the
MARYLAND Geological Survey, covering the fol-
lowing points: The condition of the roads and
improvements that have been made in each dis
trict in the twelve months ending December
fhirty-frst of the previous year the amount
and Kind of material used on each road. with g
detailed statement of its cost for material, and
the amount and cost of labor on each road and
shall further make statement OF the plans
which he has submitted to the Road Commis
siofefs in each district. The report shall con-
rain concise statement of the amount OF money
eTnended in each district for material and labor
which concise statement shall be published by
the (,ountv Commissioners in two county papers
If difFerent political faith, twice during the
month of February in each year.
SEC. 198. The Baltimore County Roads Eng1
neer shall receive q salary of two thousand dol
lars annually in monthly instailmenfs, and nve
hundred dollars. or so much thereoI as may Ds
necessary to meet the travelling, once, ana al
other expense, including drawings. speclnca
tions, ETC.. incurred in the discnarge OF MI
duties, which shall be paid Dy the County ln Oon
missioners upon presentation OF the uccoun
with properly signed vouchers.
SEC. 199. The County Commissioners SNAIL ,ui ~,
: nually levy upon the assessable property OF Bal
timore county, at the time of making the count!
slevy, not less than fifteen cents nor more tnhi
twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars 70
the use of the county roads and bridges, wnlci
shall be collected as other county taxes are COZ
Elected, of which five cents on the hundred snaI
be set apart as q general road and bridge funo
and be applied to the general use and the Oene
nt Of the roads and bridges IN nsaltlmore county y