The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-05-08
Friday, May Sth. 1914
Public Local Laws
published by authority
CHAPTER 8O1.

amendments Sections 279 to 2S6, both
inclusive, of Article II of the Code of
Public Local Law, title prince
Georges County," as the same were
enacted by Chapter 80 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1910, providing a system
of Free Public Roads and Bridges in
Prince Georges County, Maryland.
defining the duties of the Board of
County Commissioners of said County
in relation thereto, including the levy
and expenditure of a Road Fund Great
ing Board of Road Directors defining
their duties providing for the payment
of funds and surrender of road equip
ment, stock and machinery by the
Board of Road Directors created by
said Chapter 80 or the Acts of 1910,
and providing for the redemption and
cancellation of the bonds authorized
and issued under the provisions of said
Chapter 80 OF the Acts of 1910.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections 27S to 2S6, both inclusive, of
Article II of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title prince Georges County,"
as the same were enacted by Chapter 80
80 of the Acts of Assembly of 1910, be
aud the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows:
Sec 27S There shall be system of
free public roads and bridges in Prince
Georges County, and all matters affect
ing the roads and bridges in said 9 )un
ty shall be under the control of the
Board of County Commissioners of said
County, except in incorporated towns
3 and except in SO far as control is con-
ferTed upon the Road Directors Great
ed by this Act.
SEC. 279 There shall be in Prince
Georges County six (6) Road Directors,
who shall together constitute the Board
of Road Directors of Prince Georges
County. Said Board shall meet at least
once month in the Town of Upper
Marlboro, in some r .om in the Court
house set apart for their use by the
Board of County Commissioners on
some day to be fixed by them, which
day shall be one of rhe regular meet
ing days of the Board of County Com
missioners
Each of said Road Directors shall
have sole authority over the actual
working of the roads and the repair of
bridges in one of the Road Districts in
Prince Georges County. as hereinafter
set out. He shall devote his whole
time to his duties, shall give his person
al supervision daily during working
hours to the management and direction
of the working of his Road District,
shall take charge of the road equipment
assigned to his Road District, shall EN-
pl)y and discharge lab ,rers, employing
the same by the month whenever posi-
BILE and shall be responsible for al
machinery aud equipment 10 his poss
ession. He shall keep in a book, to be
provided for that purpose by the Bofrd
OF County Commissioners, a full, com
plete. accurate and easily understood
account of all money expended by him
aud all charges incurred in each of the
several Election Districts of his Road
District, which book shall be opened to
the inspectio of any taxpayer at any
reasonable time. In case any road
machinery, rollers, carts. wagons, mules,
plows, scraperS, or other things necess-
airy to properly work the roads AID
build bridges and culverts are needed
in any of the Road Districts herein
after created, or in case any of the
equipment in use in said Districts can
profltably be disposed of, the Road
Director in charge of such District shall
have power to puschase or sell the same
and apportion the cost thereof or the
receipts therefrom to the several Elec-
tion Districts in which the same is to
be used or has been used.
The Board of Road Directors shall
appoint Clerk and Secretary to said
Board, who shall attend their meetings,
act as Secretary therein, take charg of
and file any papers in connection there
with and who shall keep the account
of the Road Fund of Prince Georges
County in accordance with a system of
accounting to be adopted by the Board
of County Commissi oners of Prince Geo
rye County, which system of accounting
shall show in detail the disposition of
said Road Fund, the amount expended
generally and the amount expended in
each Road District and in each Election
District of each Road District. Said
prepare annually each year Clerk shall
statement showing the receipt and ex
penditure of said Road Fund, which
statement shall be published in at least
two newspapers in said County in the
month of December in each and every
year by the Board of County Commits
sioners.
SEC. 2SO. The Board of County
Commissioners shall have the charge
and custody of the Road Fund of Prince
Georges County as hereinafter provid-
ed for and after apportioning the same
and paying the fixed charges including
the sum of $4,000, to their Attorney
for legal advice in connection there
with and such other sums as MAJ be
proper to be paid out of the entire
amount of said fund as provide for by
this Act, they shall pay out the am QUITS
apportioned to the several Road Dis
tricts and Election Districts thereof
upon warrants from the respective
Road Directors in charge thereof for
labor, materials, prOvender, equi oment,
etc, used or to be used in such Districts
under the provisions of this Act: And
each of said warrants shall be in form
prescribed by the Board Of County
Commissioners, shall show in detail the
purpose for which the payment is to be
made and the Election District or Dis
tricts and the Road District to which
such payment is to be charged.
It is the intentioR of this Act that
the Board of County Commissioners
shall have in their office, open to the
reasonable inspection of the public at
any time, full and complete record
of the amount of the Road Fund and
the proper disbursal thereof.
SEC 2S1. Prince Georges County
for the purpose of this Act is divided
into six (6) Road Districts. Road Dis
trict No ! shall be composed of Elec-
ton Districts No. 10 LaureD, No l
(Vansvillc), No. II (Chillum), and No.
16 (Hyattsville). Road District No 2
shall be composed of Election Districts
No. 2 (Bladensburg), No, 10 (Riverdale,
No. Is (Kent), No. ii (Bowie). Road
District No. shall be composed Of
Election Districts No. IS (Seat Pleasant,
No. 10 Oxen HilD, No. 6 (SpauldingJ
and that part of No. IS (Melwood)
north of The State road leading from
Marlboro to Washington. Road Dis
trict No. shall be composed of Elec-
ton Districts No. Queen AIMEE, No.
8 (MaIlboro) and that part of No Is
(Melwood) south of the State road lead
ing from Marlboro to Washington |
Road District No shall be COMPOSED |
of Election Districts No (Piscata-
way, No. 9 (Surrattsvil q and that
part of No. II (Brandywine) west of !
the railroad known as the Popes Creek :
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. +
Road District No shall be composed +
of Election Districts No (NOttinguam),