The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-05-08

Inc present ROAD eQulpmeut VI tuC
County shall be divided as equally as
possible by the Board of Road Dire ctors
into six parts, each of which parts shall
be exclusively used in one of the above
named Road Districts, unless otherwise
transferred for emergency work.
SEC. 2S2. The following persons are
hereby named as Road Directors to
have charge of the working Of the roads
in the several Road Districts of Prince
Georges County until the first Monday
in March. 1918.
First Road District, John D. Smith
Second Road District, William w.
Brady.
Third Road District, Benjamin E
Randall.
Fourth Road District, Herbert M.
Hardy.
Fifth Road Dis trc., Richard B, Edel-
en-.
Sixth Road District, William s.
Chichester.
Each of said Road Directors herein
named and those hereafter to be elected,
under the provisions of this Act, shall
be removable by the Board of County
Commissioners for incompetency, neg
iect of duty, misconduct or malfea-
sance in office, after charges preferred
due notice and public hearing. If any
Road Director shall be dissatisf ed with
the action of the Board of County
Commissioners in removing him. he may
appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County within ten Q0) days
from the date O. his said removal, such
appeal shall be in tie nature of pro-
ceeding by way of certiorari and shall
be determined bv said Court as speedily
as possible after hearing the same.
At the general election held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1917, and every four az
years thereafter the legally qualified
voters of Prince Georges County shall
elect six (6) Road Directors for said
County to serve in the six (6) Road
Districts created herein for term OF
four years from the first Monday in
March next succeeding their election,
or until their successors are duly elect
ed and qualified. The Road Director
for each District to be a resident in
said District for which he is e[ected |,
Said Road Directors shall be nominal
ed and elected as are other County Off
GERS and the Board of Election Super
visors are hereb2 directed to print the
names of the candidates for nomina-
ton to said offices and the
candidates for election thereto upon
the official primary and general election
ballots as the names of other County
Candidates are printed. In case of a
vacancy occurring IN any Dictatorship,
by reason of death, resignation, removal
or other cause, the Board of County
81,
the same.
Sec. 1888. The Board of County Com
missioners shall have power to open
new roads. construct bridges and close
old roads, when they shall deem it ad-
visable, following the provisions of
the Code of Public General Laws rclat-
ing thereto. The expense thereof shall
be charged to the Election District in
which said roads or bridges may be
located, except as may be herein her
wise provided and the work on such
r ,ads shall be done by the Road Direc-
tor for said District The Board of
County Commissioners shall have the
right to advertise for bids for the con-
struction of bridges and culverts, and
to award such work, under contract, to
the lowest responsible bidder; where
the cost Of the same exceeds $500 co. and
in such cases the costs thereof shall be
charged to the general fund and not to
the respective Election District They
shall have the right to purchase or
lease gravel banks or stone quarries or
otherwise acquire desirable materials
Tor road construction aud repair and
shall have the right to condemn land
for such purposes or for the purpose
Of widening, Strengthening or opening
roads as land is now or may hereafter
be cond mned by law. The title to all
property, real, personal, or mixed in
any way used in connection with the
road system of Prince Georges County
S hereby vested in the Board of County
Commissioners of Prince Georges
County and it shall require no convey
ance or other action by any other
agents of the County now IN existence,
TO vest such title in the said Board OF
County Commissioners. All proceed
ings at Jaw or in equity now pending
against any agents of said County on
account of roads or bridges shall be
defended by the said Board of County
Commissioners and any Judgment in
any such proceeding shall have the
Il judgment against said Board of
County Commissioners. All liabilities
now existing in connection with the
roads and bridges Of Prince Georges
County shall be assumed by them from
all future proceedings at law or in
equity relating to the roads and bridges
and the Road Fund of Prince Georges
County shall be brought against the
said Board of County Commissioners
for such purpose.
SEC 2S4 The County Commission
ers of Prince Georges County shall in
their annual levy next succeeding the
passage ofthis Act, and in every annual
levy thereafter, levy upon tue assessab!e
property basis Of Prince Georges
County not less than twenty cents, nor
more than thirty cents per 800 of such
assessable basis for the use of the roads
and bridges of said County. The
County Treasurer of said County is
hereby dir ected to report on the first of
each month, beginning June first, of
each year to the said County Commlss-
toner's the amount of County taxes
collected by him for the preceding
month and on the Tuesday next sue
ceeding the date of such report, the
said County Commissioners are hereby
directed to draw their warrant on the
County Treasurer for the use of the
Road Fund for one-half of the amount
so reported collected by the Treasurer
each month until the whole amount of
money levied for road and bridge uses
in each year shall have been paid into
the Road Fund
Should the levy for the year 1914 be
made before tie passage of this Act,
then the said County Commissioners.
by their warrant Cd the County Treasur-
sr, shall draw all sums levied for the
use of the roads and bridges for said
County by such levy no matter in whose
name the said levy for such purpose
may have been made.
The Board of Liquor License Com
missioners shall pay over TO the Board
If County Commissioners all moneys
from liquor Licenses less their
proper expenses and such rebates to IN
towns as are provided by
law and the said Board of County
Commissioners shall apply the same as
9TH n road taxes collected under this
Act are applied. The Board of County
are hereby directed to