Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-03-18
Road Law Amendment.

teen sections to be added to our local road
law, contained in bill offered by Senator
Lee.
Section |. Be II enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That sixteen new
sections be and the same are hereby added
to Article is of the Code of Public Local
Laws Of Maryland, title Montgomery
County" subtitle Roads" to follow after
Section 177E. as Sections l77F. 177G, l77H,
III, l77J, 177K, It'll, 177M. 177N, ITO.
l77P, ITO. l77R, IT'S, 177T and i77u of
said Article.
l77F All contracts, agreements, grants
and licenses made or entered into by the
County Commissioners Of Montgomery shall
be recorded in books kept for the purpose,
or be bound in book form. and shall always
be open to the inspection of the public
the original copies Of all reports to said
Commissioners and other papers not re-
corded shall be preserved in the office.
Copies of such contracts, agreements, grants
and licenses recorded as aforesaid, and of
the records of the proceedings of the Com
missi0ners, when duly certified by the Clerk
of said Commissioners, shall be accepted
as evidence in all the courts of this State.
l77G. The County Commissioners of
Montgomery County shall by and with the
advice and assistance of the MONTGOMERY
County Road Superintendent, adopt such
system or systems for the care and repair
Of the public highways. roads and bridges,
streets and alleys Of the county as may be
found most suitable for the several sections
of the county or the special roads thereof.
The County Commissioners shall have pre-
pared an official road map of the county,
which may be in sections of one or more
election districts upon which shall be des-
lgnated all county roads, which map shall
be prepared within such reasonable time
as the moneys at the command of said Com
mlssi0ners will permit whenever new
road shall be opened or accepted, or an old
road altered or closed, its location, or the
fact that 1t has been altered or closed, shall
be properly designated on said map.
177H. All matters pertaining to and af-
fecting the public highways, roads, bridges,
avenues, streets and alleys of the county
shall be under the general control and SUI
pervision of the County Commissioners Of
Montgomery County, who are hereby given
power to enter into and make any and
all contracts for material. machinery. I'M
plements and equipment for such public
highways, and to employ or direct the EN-
ployment of so many and such agents,
superintendent. foremen, inspectors, assis-
tants. mechanics and laborers as may be
found necessary.
III. The County Commissioners of Mont
g0mery County shall, after the passage Of
this Act, appoint as Montgomery County
Road Superintendent man of good judg-
ment, having the necessary technical quail
fications and experienced in building mac
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bond which he shall give fix his salary,
not to exceed eighteen hundred ($l.800)
per annum, payable monthly, and may re-
move such County Road Superintendent
for inc0mpetency. inaptitude, malfeasance
In office, upon written charges, after an
opportunity to be heard, not less than five
days after the service of such CHARGES. The
term Of said Road Superintendent for Mont
gOmery County shall be for four years, unless
sooner removed, as herein provided: and,
in addition to his salary, he may receive
such further allowance for expenses and
assistance as the said County Commission
ers may find requisite and necessary, such
sums to be paid out Of the general road
and bridge fund of the county. The Road
Superintendent for Montgomery County
shall inspect the roads and bridges In each
district as often as may be necessary to
thoroughly familiarize himself with the
condition and requirements of the county
generally, and recommend to the said
County Commissioners such repairs and inn
prOvements as he may think advisable
he shall make such general or special ex-
animation Of any road or bridge as may
be required by the said Commissioners, and
he shall also submit plans and specifications
and make estimates for the construction,
repairs or improvement Of any particular
road or bridge when called upon by the said
County Commissioners, and shall inspect
and report on all material to be used on
the roads and bridges, and supervise the
work done on the bridges. and on stone or
other permanently improved roads. and see
that all contracts with reference thereto
are faithfully executed; he shall have SUI
pervision of the operation, preservation
and repair Of roadmaking and road-main-
tanning machinery and equipment. and of
machinery, tools and equipment for quar-
rying and crushing stone he shall submit
to the said Commissioners a cOmprehen-
sive plan for the maintenance OF the roads,
and shall, when requested by the said Com
mssiOners. give instructions to the fore
man or other person In charge of such re-
pairs as to the place most in need of re-
pairs. and the manner in which the work
shall be performed, and shall assist the
the said County Commissioners in any other
manner they may require he shall have
full power to suspend work being done I'M
der contract. If the same is not, in his
judgment, being done in accordance with
the terms Of the contract. his action in this
respect TO be forthwith reported TO the said
County Commissioners for their final ac-
tsghn saH Inn.
repair on bridges or roads Is done by con-
tract, no payment called for by such CON
tract shall be made until after the said
Road Superintendent has endorsed his re-
concentrations upon the bill therefor; all
bills for labor and material furnished for
any bridge or on any macadam or other
permanently improved road In the county
shall be presented to the Road Superinten-
dent for his inspection. examination and
endorsement before being presented to the
said County Commissioners for payment
neither the Road Superintendent for Mont
gOmery county, nor any assistant under
him, shall have pecuniary interest in any
such contracts and the Road Superinten-
dent for Montgomery county shall annually.
on or before the first day Of February In
each year. make written report 10 the said
County Commissioners. covering the fol-
lowing points An inventory Of the road
machinery, tools and equipment Of the
county, the condition OF the roads of the
county and the improvements that have
been made in each district in the twelve
months ending December 3lst Of the pre-
vious year the amount and kind Of mate
rial used in each road. with detailed
statement Of its cost. and the amount and
cost Of labor on each road and shall fur
Their make q statement Of the plans which
he has submitted for bridge and road i'm
provement in each district. The report
shall contain a concise statement Of the
amount Of money expended in each dis
trict for all road work. making proper al
lowance where road divides two districts,
which concise statement shall be published
by the said County Commissioners in two
county papers twice during the month Of
February in each year.
177J. Whenever the owners OF property
binding upon any public road or street
may desire TO have the same improved to
an extent beyond that contemplated by the
said Cnuntv Commissioners then IL the