The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-02-24
IMPORTANT MEASURES
RELATING TO CECIL

RESPONDING to inquiries as to certain
bills now before the Legislature, aHecl-
ing Cecil county, we herwith give the
contents Of the same in the words OF the
Bill itself:
TO ABOLISH ROAD ENGINEER.
The Bill introduced by Mr. Warburton
to repeal Chapter 62 of the Acts OF l9lo'
is simply Bill which entirely does away
with the law providing for the appoint
ment of a Road Eng .neer for Cecil county
and the duties of the same. 1t Is unen-
numbered by any other provisions. 1t has
passed the House and is now in the Sen
ate, being referred by the latter body 10
Senator Crothers as special committee.
PERMANENT ROAD FUND.
The Bill introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. Crothers on February 8, is one ito
amend Section IL, Chapter 734. Acts OF
1898 lthe same relating to the $=0o,opV
road loan for permanent roads IN Inns
county, SO as to make the section read
as follows:
Section 12-And be it enacted that the
fund arising from the sale of the bonds
for the permanent improvement of the
public highways shall De apportioned to
the several elction districts OF said
County in proportion to the sums mere
tofore spent in the care and repair of the
roads of the said respective districts.
The roads to be improved shall be those
leading to the most important towns, the
railway or navigation centers of each
district. which roads shall be determined
on by the Board of County Commission
ers and said auxiliary board as provided
by Section OF this Act, provided that
the road to be first improved after the
passage of this Act and after the roads
are improved which have been contract
ed for prior hereto, shall he the road
leading from Bay View to Zion in said
county and from Zion to the State road
connecting the improved road at Bay
View with the State road.
AUTHORIZING COMMISSIONERS TO
BORROW MONEY.
The Bill introduced in the House by
Mr.. Clendenin on February 9Th, is one
providing for authority to the County
Commissioners to borrow money, under
certain conditions, and reads as foiioWs:
Section liza. Be it Enacted, That the
Board of County Commissioners of Cecil
County is authorized and empowered to
borrow money for the use of the County
whenever it becomes necessary in order
to defray the current expenses OF the
county; provided, that whenever the
Board of County Commissioners intends
TO ask for a loan of money, it shall give
at least ten days notice by publication
in two of the newspapers published In
Cecil county, stating in said notice the
amount of the loan to be asked for, the
reason the money is required, and for
what purpose it is to be used and If at
The eni Of the fiscal year, the Board of
County Commissioners finds that the eX
penditufes for the year exceed the
amount of the taxes collected after de-
Quoting teh amount of money borrowed
during the year. then it shall be the duty
of the Board of County Commissioners TO
include any deficit for the year in the
levy for the next fiscal year.
Mr.. Clendenins bill, authorizing the
Commissioners of Cecil county to bor-
row money, was amended after being
favorably reported, so as to limit the
amount the Commissioners may bor-
row to $4,000. Thus amended the
House adopted the favorable report on
the Bill, William T. Warburton, Esq,
the ground that it put dangerous power
at the Commissioners disposal
RELATING TO CARE OF ROADS
The Bill introduced by Senator Gro
theirs On Februar! I, in the Senate re-
lates to specific duties in connection with
the care Of the county roads and reads
as follows:
Section 11S l.. The County Commits
sioners of Cecil County shall provide out
of the funds of said county, arising from
the levy for the repairs Of public roads
and bridges, a sufficient number of road
drags mot less than four for each dis
trict or precinct IN said county,, for use
on the roads of said county, and shall
distribute the same to the district road
supervisors in the different districts OF
said county, or to whoever the county
road engineer of said county may d.reft,
and the pei sons to whom said drag or
drags are distributed shall be responsible
for the proper care thereof and it Shall
be the duty of the county road engineer
TO have all earth or dirt roads of said
county dragged at all seasons of the year
whenever he or the said County Commits
soners may deem it beneficial to have
the work done; and the said engineer may
contract, a preference to be given ad-
joining land owners or tenants, to have
Il piece of road dragged at a rate not to
exceed one dollar (I.c0) per mile for
each time dragged, if such work is done
during the months of December January,
February or March, and not to exceed a
rate of seventy-fve cents (S.75) per mile
for cache time dragged If such work is
done during ether months of the year
than aforesaid; provided that the width
required to be dragged shall not be less
than twenty t2O) feet, if the width of
the roadway will permit; and provided
also, that dragging is done as nearly as
practicable in accordance with the in
structions of the said county road engi-
neer.
Section 11S VI. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to place loose
earth, weeds, sods or other vegetable
matter on the portion of a road which
has been dragged and so maintained in
good condition, or to place any material
IN such a manner as to interfere with
the free flow of water from the dragged
portion of the road to the side cutters or
bitches; provided, that this restriction
shall not apply to the deposits of earth
or other material that may be made by
authority of the proper road officials, If
necessary, for filling or raising the ele
walton of a given section Of road or other
necessary construction work.
Section 11S n Any person violating
any of the provisions of this act shall be
considered guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall upon conviction thereof before any
justice of the peace. be fined a sum of
not less than one dollar nor more than
Ave dollars for the first offense, and for
such offense thereafter sum not less
than five dollars and not exceeding ten
dollars, said fines to be paid into the