Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-23
IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC
ROADS.
CHAPTER 225.

AN ACT for the Improvement of the
public highways of the State ard
to provide the means therefor. and
TO require the commission created
by an Act of the General Assembly
of eighteen hundred and ninety-six,
Chapter fifty-one. to perform certa IL
additional duties.
Sec 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 impros-
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 humid
red and ninety-siX, Chapter fifty-oDe.
by written notice to the chief engin
Ger 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-
Torrance of said work according 10
said plans and specifications.
Sec BE ii enacted, That when
ever the owners of two-thirds 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 lnis Act, and stating fur
Their the willingness of such petition
ers to pay for the said construction
or repairs. sum equal 10 ten per CEN
tum of the cost of such construction
or repairs. il shall be the duty of said
board of county commissioners to
make such a request to the commits
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 il may be demanded by
said county commissioners upon the
filing of a similar petition. and the Ia
king of similar proceedings regarding
the extension of any road which, in
the opinion of said commission. has
been properly improved. similar re-
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. Be it enacted, That II
the said commission, after the re-
6eipt 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 promotive 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 Guilt or improved,
and il 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-
!icient for the outlay necessary there
"a. the said commission shall make
or cause to be made necessary sur
veys. and draw up, or cause to be
up, pans SPCChNdtaOho III
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 a mac
adamiZed or of telford or of other
stone road, or of 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-
tons of said commission shall, on the
order of the said commission, and
within one month of the receipt of
said order, pay out 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 $4,000 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, II they elect to pro-
coed 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-
yertisement. provided that nothing in