Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-03-21
The Garner Road Bill.

gAJ6S aublOrlZ0S al ISSUE vi OVs
st. Mary's county bonds'not exceed
ing $75, 900, for road and bridge
building in the county and for pay
ment of salaries of surveyors, road
commissioners and labor.
The control OF the county roads,
excepting the State roads, is placed
in Board of Road Commissioners
and the county is divided into three
Road Commissioners districts, COM
prising the same election distrists
as the present County Commission
er districts.
Until May 1914, the Bill names
the three Road Commissioners as
follows:
LIST Commission district-Cleve-
land Raley, OF St. Inigo's.
2nd Commissioners district-G.
Claude Abel, Hollywood.
Bird Commissioners dislrict:--Wil-
liam f. Herber Dynard.
At the general election OF 1913,
the Road Commissioners are to be
elected. Each Road Commissioner
is to receive a salary OF $500 the
year. payable monthly and is to de-
vote his whole time to his duties as
Road Commissioner. No two road
commissioners shall be elected or
appointed from the same commits.
sioners district and members OF the
Board moy be removed by the Coy
ernor upon written charges, after q
hearing, provided the charges are
sustained.
The Road Commissioners shall
open and construct new roads and
bridges and close old ones where
deemed advisable, following the pro.
visions OF the general laus relating
to the opening and closing of public
roads. Roads are to be worked frolA
the first OF March until November
l, and shall haul gravel and do
other work OF improving the reads,
except grading from November to
March /. The commissioners shall
regulate the hours OF labor
and wages and hours are TO
be uniform In each road district.
Each road commissioner shall have
sole power aud authority over the
actual working OF the road and re-
pair Of bridges in his road commits
sioner district and be responsible
for all road machinery and equip.
ment in his district. The road com
missioners are given the powers
now possessed by the County Com.
missioners for condemning land for
road purposes and may have cleri.
cal help and an attorney at not ex.
ceeding 5000 per aunum
Each road commissioner shall keep
an account book showing clearly all
money paid by him, the person TO
whom payment was made and the
purpose for which it was paid. The
account shall always be open for the
inspection OF taxpayers.
Road Commissioners shall give
bond in the penalty OF 1900 and
take the oath OF office before the
Clerk to the Circuit Court. Attheir
FIRST meeting they are TO elect pre-
sident TO serve during their plea
sure.
AS soon as the Road Commission
ers qualify, the County Commission
ers must give them a room In the
Court House for the exclusive use
OF their Board. The law provides
against a road commissioner using
the power Of his office directly or indi- |
rectly in the interest any candidate
Ia primary or general election upon
penalty of Imprisonment upon con-
viction.
The County Commissioners are to |
issue coupon bonds to the amount
of $75, 900, bearing interest at per
centum, payable on January and |
July l. Ten thousand dollars OF
the bond issue is to be retired five
years from date of issue $l5, 900 In
ten years; $4,000 IN fifteen years;
$12,500O in twenty years; $12, 800 In |
twenty Eve years; $12,5O in thirty
years from the date OF issue, but
only $20,0 shall be sold In 1912,
and the balance in sums not exceed
ing $12,5O0 each subsequent year.
The County Commissioners sh all
in each year levy the amount requir
ed to meet the interest on the bonds,
providing that before levying, they |
shall first exhaust the money paid
to the county for liquor licenses in
the payment Of such interest and in
providing for the sinking fund; II |
the fund arising from the liquor IL |
annpn Inas cbal 49,