The Republican., 1962-10-04

" business manager may dictate |
or as NAV be assioned by the board I
OF county commissioners.
SIC. The county business man. |
ager shall at all times be held !
responsible for the proper dis
charge Of his duties, but in the !
exercise of such duties. he may
delegate to appropriate officers, !
engineers and employees such |
authority as he deems necessary |
to carry out the duties Of his office. !
62H The duties of the county
business manager during his tempo
rary absence or disability shall be
performed by qualified admins
tratiVe officer of the county de-
signed in writing by the manager,
or by the board of county COM
mssioners, by appropriate resoIu-
ton. in the event the manager
fails to make such designation.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That Section 68 and Section sol
of said Code and title. sub-titles,
respectively. County Commission
erS" and Reports" be and they
are hereby repealed and re-cnacted.
with amendments. to read as fol-
lows:
60 The County Commissioners
of Garrett County are authorized
and empowered to control and reg
ulatc the public roads and bridges
in said County. subject to the pro-
visions of Article SOB of the An
Edition.: they shall sit as a Road
Board once in each month, and
oftencr if deemed by them neccs-
sary to the public interests. for the
consideration and determination of
matters relating to county roads
and bridges; and at such meetings
each County Commissioner shall
inform the Board of conditions af-
fcctirg roads and bridges in said
county, so far as the same have
come to his knowledge, and the
county business manager shall re-
nort to the Board on such matters
relating to the roads and bridges
of the County and to the opera
tons of the County Roads Depart
ment as the County Commission
ers may from time to time require.
It shall be the duty of the County
| Commissioners to make careful in
spectiOn of the roads and road
work in Garrett County, according
to rules to be adopted by the
4 Board For the duties imposed by
/ this section. the County Commits
/ SionCrs shall each receive 4 salary
/ of Three Hundred Dollars 100000
/ per year. in addition to such salary
as is now provided for them by
! law
sol. (al The Board of County
/ Commissioners of Garrett County
shall publish. during the second
month next succeeding the close
4 of its fiscal year, an accurate state
mcnt of all receipts and eXpendi
lures of said Board for the pre-
ceding year. Said report shall
show all amounts of cash on hand
or on deposit ii the beginning and
end of the fiscal year covered by
said statement and the total in
dcbtcdncss, both funded and un-
funded, and the total amount of
unpaid obligations or warrants,
owing by tie County at the be-
ginning and end of said fiscal
period. Said report shall be pre-
pared by the Clerk to the County
Commissioners county business
MANAGER and shall be sworn to by
said TClerk business manager and
also the President of said Board.
The aforesaid publication shall be
made in the county newspaper
which submits the lowest bid for
publishing the annual statements
herein required: if the bids so re-
ceived from county newspapers for
/ such publication are in the same
amount or too high according to
\ the Judgment of the Board of
/ County Commissioners then in lieu
/ of such publication in a county
newspaper, the said Board shall
publish or set forth in pamphlet
/ form the annual statements herein
required the same to be given or
/ sent to any citizen Of the county
/ upon application therefor. In event
| said report is published in one OF
/ the county newspapers, the board
/ having same published shall cause
to be printed such number of
copies thereof, in pamphlet form,
as said board shall determine will
be sufficient to meet the require
mentS of any taxpayers who may
desire the same, the bids sub
mitted by the publishers to in
cludc the cost of this printing
Cb) The Clerk to the County
Commissioners county business
manager who shall fail to perform
the duty imposed by this section,
and to have the reports published
as required, shall forfeit the sum
of one hundred dollars and be sub
iect to removal from office for
neglect of duty.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That all laws or parts of laws in
consistent with the provisions of
this Act arc repealed to the eX-
tent of the Inconsistency.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect
June l, 1862.
NOW, THEREFORE, |, j. MIL
LARD TAWES, GOVERNOR OF
THE STATE OF MARYLAND, By
virtue of the power and authority
conferred upon me by Section 10
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, 1857 Edition. do, by
this, my Proclamation, ORDER
that the text of Chapter of the
Special Session of the General As
sembly Of Maryland of March 9,
1862 shall be published at least
once in some newspaper of general
circulation in said Garrett County
not later than thirty C30 days pre-
ceding the General Election to be
held on November 9th, 1862.
GIVEN Under my Hand and the
Great Seal of the State of Mary
land, at The City of Annapolis, the