The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1900-05-25
p Prpnrc Local. Laws.
January Session, 1900.
CHAPTER 346.

CHAPTER 346.
AN ACT to create Board Of County
Road Commissioners for Prince
Georges county, Maryland, who
shall have charge of all public roads
and bridges of said county; to pro-
vide for the maintenance of same;
and to repeal sections 27S, 27S a, to
29O both inclusive. title Roads, of
Article II of the code of Public Lo-
cal Laws. title Prince George S coun-
ty; Sections |, 2. l3, l9, 20, 81, %,
25 and "a, OF Article 25 Of the code
ofPubic General Laws, title County
Commissioners; and all other laws,
so far as the said sections and laws
may he inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act.
SECTION l. Be it enacted 10y the
General Assembly of Maryland that
sections 27S, 27S a, to 900, both inclu-
sive, title Roads, of Article II, of the
code of Public Local Laws, title Prince
Georges county; Sections l, 2. l3, l9,
20, 81, %, % and "a, Of Article %, Of
the Public General Laws, title County
Commissioners; and all other laws, so
far rs the said sections and laws may
be inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, be and the same are hereby
repealed, and the following he enacted
in lieu thereof, as sections of rticle IL :,
of the code of Public Local Laws, title
Prince Georges county.
PUBLIC ROADS AND BRIDGES.
27S. There shall be system Of free
public roads and bridges in Prince
Georges county according to the pro-
visions of this Act.
SUPERVISION.
279. Matters affecting the roads
and bridges of the whole county, ex-
cept in incorporated towns, shall be
under the control of a Board of County
Road Commissioners.
2Sl. The County Commissioners
shall appoint until the next general
election, when they shall be elected by
the people, as county road commission
ers, three persons, freeholders and resi-.
dents of said county, comprised in the
election districts of said county known
as Laurel, Vansville, Bladensburg,
Bowie ald Kent, as said districts ex-
listed on January |, 1900, one of whom
shall reside in that portion of said
county comprised in the election dis
tricts Of Queen Anne, Marlboro, Nell
wood, Nottingham and Aquasco, as
said districts existed and were known
on January l, 1900; and one Of whom
shall reside in that portion of said
county comprised in the election dis
tricts of Brandywine, Piscataway, Sur
rats, Spaldings and Oxon Hill: as said
districts existed and were known on
January / 1900; also one of whom
shall belong to the political party which
cast the largest number of votes in
said county at the last general election,
one Of whom shall belong to the politi-
cal party which cast the largest minor
ity vote in said county at said election,
and one of whom shall be selected by
the said County Commissioners which
three persons shall constitute the
Board of County Road Commissioners;
their terms of office shall begin upon
their appointment and qualification and
continue until the first Monday of Feb
ruary, i'll the year 1902, and until their
successors may be elected and qualified
when their office and all records, funds
and property under control shall be
turned over to their successors
2s2.- At the general election to bc
held on the Tuesday next a ter the first
Monday in the month Of November, in
the year 1901, and ut every general
election thereafter, the legally qualified
voters in that portion Of Prince
Georges comprised in the election dis
tricts of Laurel. Nansville, Bladens-
burg, Bowie and Kent, as said districts
existed and were known on January |,
1900; shall elect one county road com
missioner, who shlll be 4 freeholder
and resident of their section of the
county, and well fitted to have charge
of the repairing and construction of
roads; and the legally qualified voters
of that portion of the county comprised
in the election districts of Queen Anne,
Marlboro, Mellwood, Nottingh ham and
Aquasco, as said districts existed and
were known on January !, 1900. shall
elect one county road commissioner
who shall be freeholdcr and residcn
of their said section of the county, and
well fitted to have charge Of the repair
ing and construction of roads; and the
legally qualified voters of that portion
of the county comprised IN the election
districts of Brandywinc, Piscataway,
Surratts, Spaldinys and Oxon Hill, as
90 i'll III Ct r;.tc ovi,tal ,n1 war, Lnnwn
on January |, 1900, shall elect one
county road commissioner, who shall
be Il freeholdcr and resident of their
said section of the county, and well
fitted to have charge of the repairing
and construction of roads; which three
county road commissioners shall con-
stitute the board of county road COM