The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-05-20

ACQUIRE and convey land and to 40
such other. corporate acts as may be
necessary in carrying out the pro-
visions of this Act. Their powers,
duties and obligations with respect 10
the public roads and bridges in SAID
County shall be co-extenslon with the
mowers. duties and obligations hereto /
fore resting upon the County Cominlse
sioners of said County or the Boaru OF
Highway Commissioners OF saio
County, with respect to the puollc
roads and bridges of said County, e2,
cept 80 far the same may be mouileu
or changed by the provisions OF lhls
Act. !
Section 2SO. The members of said
Board shall serve fer term OF tour :
(4) years. or until their successors arc
onalified. except, that in the first a
poiutments under this Act, two or sala
Board shall be designated by the COY,
ernor to serve for a term OF two "
wears, and upon the expiration OF tne
two 80 designated. the Governor shall
appoint their successors for a term OF
two t2) years. All appointments snail
be made by the Governor, with the
consent of the Senate, when in session,
and without such consent when not In
session. but no two members OF saiu
Board shall be selected from same
Road District. Any member OF salu
Board NAV be removed by the Governor
unon written charges, after a hearing;
each of said Road Director, whether ap
poipted or elected as hereinafter proVid-
ed, shall devote his whole time To
his duties as a Road Director, and give
his personal supervision daily, during
the entire working hours to the
management and direction of the work,
ing forces of his Road District; ana
shall receive salary of $o4O w PEI
annum, payable monthly, and shall not
receive any other remuneration, dlrect-
ly or indirectly, by reason OF his posltlon.
At the General Election to be helu on
the first Tuesday after the frst MONDAY
in November, A. D. 1913, and every tour
wears thereafter, the legally quallneu
voters of each of the said tour ROAD
districts shall be the vote or tie
legally qualified voters of SAID distric,
alone, elect one road director tor salo
district, who must be resident OF sald
district at the time of his election ana
at said election in 1918, and every Tour
years thereafter, the Board OF Election
Supervisors for Prince Georges County
shall cause the names or eacn uuly
nominated candidate for the office or
Road Director to be so rinted on the
official ballot as to give the legally
qualified voters of said road district
full opportunity to vote for their choice
for said office; which four (4) Road
Directors shall constitute the Board of
Road Directors and their term OF
office shall begin at the expiration of
the terms of office of their predecessors,
i
until their successors may be elected
and qualified when their Office and al!
records, funds and property under
their control shall be turned over to
their successors.
Section 2s1. Prince Georges County,
for the purposes of this Act, is hereby
divided into four (4) Road Districts, to
be known as Road Districts Nos. one
(1), two (2), three (3) and four ~ Road
d. strict No. shall be composed of Elec-
ton Districts Laul ell, Vansvilie. Hyatts-
Vile, Chillum, Bladensburg and that
part of Bowie district North and West
of the Washington branch of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. Road district
No. 2 Election districts Kent,
Queen Anne, Marlboro, and that
part of Bowie election district
South and East of the Washington
Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Road district No. 3-Election districts
Spaldings, Oxen Hill, Surratts and
Mellwood. Road district No. 4--Elec-
ton districts Piscataway, Brandywine,
Nottingham and Aquasco; as the said
election districts were constituted jan
uary /, 1910, and in all appointments
the Governor shall designate the dis
tricts for which the appointment is
made. Should any member of said
Board appointed by the Governor re
move his permanent residence outside
of the limits of his road district, he
shall be removed from Office, upon five
DAYS notice, by the Governor.
Section 1872. The Board of Road
Directors shall have general supervis-
ion over all public highways and
bridges. except State roads and State
aid roads, shall open and construct new
roads and bridges and close old ones
where deemed advisable followitg G the
provisions of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws relating to the opening and
closing of public roads, shall regulate
the working seasons on the roads for
the entire year, the hours Of labor and
the wages of laborers, provided that
the hours of labor and the wages of all
employees shall be uniform in each
road district, and shall not exceed the
usual wages paid to laborers in such
road district, nor shall any Road Direc-
tor delegate any part of his authority.
nor employ any person to supervise or
oversee the work on his roads: except
in case of unavoidable absence or sick
ness. They shall purchase all road
machinery, rollers, carts, wagons, mules
split log drags and other implements
and things necessary to properly work
the roads and build bridges and cul-
verts, and shall have power to sell all
worn out or useless equipment at pub
lie sale, for cash, upon ten Q0) days
notice by advertisement in a county
newspaper; out of the money received
by them they shall have the right to ap
propriate any sum necessary for the
building of roads under the "Shoemaker
Law" or any other State aid road law
and shall have the right TO advertise for
bids for the construction of bridges and
culverts, with the approval of the En-
giueer, and to award such work, under
CO ntract, to the lowest responsible bid
der, they shall have the right to pur-
chase or lease gravel banks or stone
auarres or otherwise acquire desirable
material for road construction and re-
pair; and shall have the right to con-
denim land for such purposes or for the
purpose of widening or Strengthening
roads, as land is now condemned by the
County Commissioners by law; they
may employ clerical help, at not ex-
ceeding 500 per annum, and shall have
the authority to employ and pay an at
torney at law, when the services OF an
attorney are actually needed in litiga-
ton or advice Each Road Director
shall have sole power and authority
over the actual working of the roads
and repair of bridges in his road dis
trict, shall employ and discharge all
labor, employing men by the month
wherever possible, and shall be respons-
ible for all machinery and equipment
in his road district. 1t shall be the duty
of the Road Director of each of the
road districts to keep in a book to be