The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-04-30
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904.
IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC
ROADS.
CHAPTER 225.

AN ACT for the Improvement OF the
public highways of the State and
to provide the means therefor, and
to require the commission created
by an Act of the General Assembly
of eighteen hundred and ninety-GiX,
Chapter fifty-one, to perform certa il
additional duties.
Sec. 1.-Be it enacted by the Ger
eral Assembly of Maryland, That
whenever any board of county com
missioners of any county in this
State shall by resolution have declar-
ed their intention to cause any par
ticular road, or section thereof, with
in such county, to be built or improV-
ed under the provisions of this Act,
such board shall so notify the COM
mission so created by an Act OF the
General Assembly of eighteen hund-
red and ninety-six, Chapter fifty-ope,
by written notice to the chief engin
eer of said commission, on or before
the first day of March in each year,
and shall request of said commission
plans and specifications and an es-
innate of the cost of the proper per-
formance of said work according to
said plans and specifications.
Sec. BE it enacted, That when
ever the owners of two-th1rds OF the
lands binding upon any public road
or section of road, not less than one
mile long, shall present a petition to
the county commissioners OF the
county where such road, or section Of
road, may be situated, stating in said
petition the desire of said petitioners
to have said road, or section thereof,
constructed or repaired under the
provisions of This Act, and stating fur
ther the willingness of such petition
erS to pay for the said construction
or repairs, a sum equal 10 ten per cen
tum of the cost of such construction
or repairs, it shall be the duty OF SAID
board of county commissioners TO
make such a request to the commlS-
sion delegated by this Act, as set forth
in section one hereof, upon the pay
ment by the said petitioners OF said
ten per centum, or the giving by them
of an approved bond to the county
commissioners for the payment there
of at any time it may be demanded by
said county commissioners upon the
filing of a similar petition, and the ta-
king Of similar proceedings regarding
the extension of any road which, III
the opinion of said commission, has
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quest shall be made to the aforesaid
commission by the board of county
commissioners Of the county where
such extension may lie, even though
such proposed extension be less than
a mile in length.
Sec. 3.-Be it enacted, That if
the said commission, after the re-
ceipt of the notice mentioned in
the first section, or that mentioned in
the second section Of this Act, and
due examination, shall be OF the opin-
ion that the proposed construction or
repair of roads mentioned in such no.
tice would be generally promotlve OF
the objects herein contemplated, and
that the said road or proposed road is
a right and proper one under the cir
cumStanceS to be Duilt or improved,
and if the amount appropriated by
the State under section sixteen OF
this Act and apportiOned by section
twelve of this Act to the roads OF the
county in which said proposed road
or extension is located shall be suf-
fCient for the outlay necessary there
for, the said commission shall make
or cause to be made necessary sur
veys, and draw up, or cause to be
drawn up, plans and specifications for
the proposed work, and shall furnish
an estimate in detail of the cost of per-
forming such work according to such
plans and specifications.
Sec BE it enacted, That
the specifications shall require
the construction or Improvement,
within a reasonable time, of mac
adamized or of a Jelford or of other
stone road, or of a road constructed
of gravel or of other good material,
in such a manner that the same will
be, with reasonable repairs thereto,
at all seasons of the year firm, smooth
and convenient for travel.
Sec. 5-Be 1T enacted, That
the board of county commission
ers so requesting plans and specifica-
tions of said commission shall, on the
order of the said commission, and
within one month of the receipt of
said order, pay cut of the funds of the
county such cost of surveying, map
ping, calculating, printing, ETC., in the
preparation of said plans and speci-
fications and estimate as may be re-
quired by said commission; but no
county shall be compelled to pay for
such plans, specifications and estim-
ate, an amount greater than fifty dol
lars ($5O.00) per mile.
Sec 6-Be it enacted, That
after the receipt of such plans
and specifications and estimate by the
board of county commissioners of
any county in Maryland from said
commission, said board of county
commissioners, if they elect to pro-
ceed further hereunder, or if ten per
centum of the estimated cost has
been paid or secured as hereinbefore
provided, shall advertise for
two consecutive weeks in at least
one newspaper published in such coun-
ty, and also during the time of such
publication in said county newspaper,
at least three consecutive times in at
least one newspaper published in
Baltimore City, for bids for such road
building or improvement, setting
forth the place where such road is to
be built or improved, and giving a
general description of said proposed
work, and stating that sealed propos-
ais for the performance of said pro-
posed work in accordance with the
plans and specifications will be re-
ceived until day named in the ad-
vertisement, provided that nothing in
this section shall require the county
commissioners of any county, upon