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

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liable for the loss arising from any
neglect Of duty or fraud in civil ac-
tion to be prosecuted in the circuit
court of Prince Georges county.
289. Any person who shall hinder,
molest or obstruct any of said high
way commission, or employee of the
the said nigway commission in per-
formance of duties in relation to the
road work, or who shall obstruct by
filing in bitches or otherwise injure
the public, roads, or drains thereof, or
place, or cause to be placed any dan
gerous obstruction across any of the
public roads of the county, shall up
on Indictment and conviction be fined,
in the discretion Of the court trying
the case, not exceeding one hundred
dollars, the same to be paid to the
county commissioners for the benefit
of the road fund of the county. And
county commissioners of Prince
Georges county are empowered and
authorized to direct the removal from
the public roads such obstruction.
200. It shall be the duty of said
highway commission or the commiss.
ioner for the respective road districts
to have, as far as practicable, all roads
constructed, reconstructed or repaired
in said county, to be done by contract
under sealed bids, to be opened pub
licly, after due advertisement and for
the purpose of having the necessary
clerical force to carry out the provis-
ions of this act, the said highway
commission is authorized and directed
to.pay respectively, to the clerk and
auditor to the county commissioners
of Prince Georges county, the sum
of two hundred dollars, each per an
mum for such clerical services, and the
said highway commissioners shall
each of them receive for the perfor-
nance of the duties hereby imposed
the sum of two hundred dollars per
annum to be levied and paid by the
county commissioners Of Prince
Georges county. 1t shall be the
duty of the said highway commission
to meet in the office of the county
commissioners at Upper Marlboro at
least once month, between the first
Of April and the first Of October in
each year, and report to board, as a
board, the work done and performed
and the cost thereof, and the members
of said highway commission shall
monthly certify to the county CON-
missioners of said county all expenses
incurred, material furnished and work
done, and upon such certifcation said
county commissioner shall arrange for
the payment Of all bills thus duly certi-
fed.
291. 1t shall be the duty of the
board Of county commissioners on &C
count of the increased duties imposed
on it, by the creation of the highway
commission, to meet at least once every
week.
292. 1t shall be unlawful for any
highway commissioner to cause any
public road to be plowed or stirred,
between the 1st of October and the 1st
of April, except in case of washout or
other emergency; and it shall be the
duty of each highway commissioner to
place gravel or other hard material
upon any public road properly con-
structed to receive it, at anytime dur
ing the year.
SECTION 2. Be it enacted that all
acts or parts of acts, inconsistant with
this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed, and that this act shall take
effect from the date Of its passage.
Approved March 31st, 1906.
HON. EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
| Governor.
| HON. JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
HON. CARVILLE D. BENSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of Senate:
Hereby Certify, That the afore-
going is true copy of an Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, pass
ed at the January Session, 1906.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary the Senate.