The Cecil Whig., 1913-08-09
REPAIR AND MAINTEs.

If you look at the ordinary cour 10
road after a shower you will see sms.
puddles along the wheel ruts and SOD,
times larger pools. This water stays
the road surface because it cannot dra'.
away into the side bitches. II you loo
closely you will see side bitches whics
have grown up with bushes and weeds !:
many cases, and which are SO far frot
the Travelled part of the road that th
lrain water does not drain into them, Tha
Ipart of the roadway where the wage
travel is called the travelled way. To pre-
went water from standing on the travele'
way the road should be raised in tb'
lcenter and should slope gently into broat
shallow bitches. 1t is then said to hae
crown. If it Is 10 feet from the cente,
of the road to the side ditch, the sur
face at the side ditch should be at leas;
10 inches lower than it is art the center
where the horses travel. The road ther
has a 10-inch crown. The rain that falle
on road properly crowned will run
quickly to the side and not soak into the
surface or form pools. The side bitches
for surface water should run parallel
to the right of way, and should be open
at every low point so that the water can
run out of them into neighboring brooks
or streams. If the bitches merely col
lect the water from the road surface and
it can not run away, large pools will be
formed along the road: i1e, which will
gradually soak into the soil beneath the
road and make it so soft that the wheels
of wagons will cut through the road sur
face and soon destroy 1t.
r,,pc Fra, al q
the road into the road and forms little
stream down the wheel tricks or in th9
middle where the horses travel When
driveways into farm yards are built
across the side bitches they frequently
the in;erpositon of the jury shall be, as far
as practicable, disposed of at said intermediate
terms.
One Judge in each of the above circuits, in.
cltding the thiri circuit shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of any busine $;
and the said judges, or any of them, may ho'd
g ecial terms of their Court, wherever in their
= scrcticn, the business of the several counties
renders such terms necessary.
The additional associate Judge for the :h'rd
,'rc,:t herein provided for, shall be elected
= the qualified voters of Baltimore and Har.
ord Co.tnties, at the first election that shall
'e held in said counties subsequent to the
a O; ticn of this amendment and the judge so
e'octed shall be subject to the same constitu.
: nal provisions, hold his Office for the same
term of years. receive the same compensation
and have the same powers as herein pro
ed for the other associate judges in til,
Nj rd circuit
Src 2. .tnd he it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing sec.
ton he rely proposed IN amendmen: TO the
Constitution of this State shall be, at ihe ne%i
general election for members of the Genera
Assembly to be held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof f"i
their adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF
directions contained in Article ID of the Con
sti,ution of this State, and at the said genera
election. the vote on the said proposed amend
n.tnt shall be by ballot and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words "For the
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendments" as now prescriaed
by law, and Immediately after said election,
due returns shall be made to the Governor OF
the vote for and against said proposed amend
ment as directed by said Article IA Of he Con
stitution.