The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1906-08-17

281. The county commissioners
shall app ortion the funds, levied and
collected for the annual repair, con-
struction and reconstruction of roads
and bridges as follows:
They shall pay over to the proper
authorities of any incorporated town
in the county Z Of said part of said
road and bridge taxes that may be
realized from the property within said
respective towns, and the balance
thereof shall be used for the repairs,
construction and reconstruction of the
public roads, bridges and culverts.
582. Said county commissioners
shall deliver to the board of highway
commissioners herein created, or pay
over to their order all the funds from
liquor license, to be used upon the
public highways Of the county, pro-
vided, that the funds thus arising may
be used as county contribution in
connection with any State or National
appropriation tor highways, and pro.
vided further, that incorporated towns
in Prince Georges county shall first
receive back one-half of the funds de-
rived from liquor licences issued to
persons dealing In liquor licens ses issu-
ed to persons dealing in liquor within
the limits of said town, and whenever
any is to be built by the county in
connection with any S ate or National
appropriation for highways, contract,
for building the same shall be let out
by the aforesaid highway commission
by advertising for sealed bids in such
papers as to them may deem the best
medium OF advertisement the said bids
to be publicly opened at a date named
in said advertisement.
2S3 The county commissioners of
Prince Georges county in addition to
the duties imposed upon them by the
public local and public general laws
of Maryland are hereby constituted a
board of highway commissioners for
Prince Georges county, and they shall
take full charge and supervision of the
business pertaining to the building,
construction and repairing of county
roads, bridges and culvsrts in said
county, and shall regulate the working
seasons to constitute days services,
hire and contract for all labor, pur-
chase of road machines and other nec-
essary implements, fix wages, and hire
labor, teams, wagons, carts, plows,
and all other matters and things used
about the construction OF said road.
They shall formulate plans and make
rules for the prosecution Of the work
Of repairing and constructing all
roads, bridges and culverts in said
county, in the most economical and
effective manner, and shall determine
whether any part of said work shall
be done by contract or otherwise; Civ
ing always the preference to contract
work as hereinafter provided.
28a. Prince Georges county is
hereby divided into five road districts
to be known respectively as road dis
tricts numbered one, two, three, four
and five. Road district numbered one
shall be composed of election districts
No. 10 (LaureD, No. l, (Vansville)
and No. IA, (Bowie) as now constitut-
ed. Road district No. 2 shall be COM
posed of election districts No. (Blad-
ensburg), No. l6 (Hys sttsville), and
No. l3 (Kent) as now constituted.
Road district No. shall be composed
of election districts No. 6 (Spaldings)'
No. l2 (Oxon HillD No. 9 (Surratts)
and No. Is (Mellwood), as now consti-
tuted. Road district No. 4 shall be
composed of election districts No. 5
(Piscataway), }, No. IL (Brandywine', i,
No. 8 (Aquasco) as now constituted,
and road district No. shall be COM
posed of election districts No. 8 (Marl-
boroD No. 4 (Nottingham), and No. 7
Queen Arne), as now constituted.
The members of the board of said
highway commission as constituted by
this act are hereby assigned until
January lst, 1907, to the control and
management of the road and bridg
working in the several road districts
mentioned in this act as follows:
Luther Brashears to the 1st road
district, John Miller to the End road
district, Richard J. Swami to the 3rd
road district, Lee Manning to the 4th
road district, and Horace Cr, zier to
the 5th road district. The board of
highway commissioners on the 1st of
January, 1908, as then constituted and
every two years thereafter, are hereby
empowered to make such changes or
L I.