Year: 1872


mum, to be paid by the district which
elected him.


Sec. 10. It shall further be the duty
of the County Board of Road Commits
sioners to build such bEdges between
road districts, and assist in building
such joint bridges between counties as
shall be necessary; provide for the re-
pair of the public roads in such road
or election districts as shall fail to COM
ply with the provisions Of this Act, the
expenses thereof to be borne by such
districts; fill any vacancy in their num-
Der from the district to be represented
make additional provision for the re-
pair of highways and bridges when in
case of special necessity, by virtue of a
thinly settled district, public calamity,
or other good and sufficient cause the
condition of the highways shall demand
it; make requisition on the County
Commissioners for monies expended
according to Sections II and IS; fur
nish such implements to Overseers as,
in the exercise of strict and judicious
economy, they shall deem necessary,
the amount not to exceed five hundred
dollars per annum; hear and decide
all cases which shall arise under this
act, and exercise exclusive control over
the public roads of the county, and all
questions which shall arise concerning
their repair and to levy money tax


Gin addition to the labor tax mentioned
in Sec. 81 upon the taxable property
of the county which shall be sufficient
to meet the expenses incurred hereby.


Sec. II. The requisition for money
Of the County Board of Road Commits
sioners upon the County Commission
ers shall include the levy mentioned
in Sec.. 10, and also the amounts res
pectively appropriated by the election
districts, and shall be signed by the
President and Treasurer of the Road
Commissioners and the amount which
shall be appropriated by any election
district, according to the provisions of
Sec. 13, shall be levied upon the proper
ty of that district, and applied to the
improvement of the roads and bridges
of that district, and to no other.


Sec. II. The District Commissioners
shall enter into such bonds for the
faithful performance Of their duties as
the County Board shall deem necessa-
ry, and the Treasurer Of the County
Board shall deem neoessstr Y, and the
Treasurer of the County Board shall
give bond to the County Board in the
sum of five thousand dollars for the
faithful performance of the duties of
his office.


Sec. 13. At the district elections call
ed for in Sec. of this Act, the people
of each election district shall determine
what amount of money shall be levied
upon the district for the repair of the
roads and bridges thereof, in addition
to the general labor levy for the same
purpose, upon the taxable property of
the county, as required by Sec. 8.


Sec. IA. In case of neglect or refusal
Of any person taxed to comply with the
provisions of this Act, the District
Commissioner shall not later than the
1st day of October, duly notify Cat least
five days beforehand, } the said person
of the charge against him, and the time
and place, which shall be the election
district in which such person shall re-
side, of hearing the case. Should the
charge be sustained, or the party fail
to appear, the Commissioner shall give
Judgment against him to the amount
of $3.50 for each day of the said per-
sons tax unpaid, and the said person
shall have the right of appeal to the
County Board, whose decision shall be
final; but the party so appealing shall
do so within thirty days, by giving Sc
curity which shall be acceptable to the
Commissioner for the prompt payment
Of the amount of the tax should the
decision of the County Board be ad-
verse to the party appealing.


The District Commissioner shall
then repair such roads as shall not
have been repaired, and work out the
unpaid taxes to the full amount of said
tax unpaid, at the expense of the de-
| linquents, and which when paid shall
be in discharge Of the judgments rem
dered against the parties so refusing
or neglecting to pay.


Sec. Is. All road-tax judgments re-
manning unpaid at the expiration of the
year shall be forwarded by the District
Commissioners to the County Board
who shall make a requisition upon the
CountyCommissioners for the amounts.
and the County Commissioners shall
then at the next regular levy include
the said amounts in the levy, and a.
gainst the property of the parties a.
gainst whom they stand.


Sec. Is. Where the parties against
whom judgment has been given by the
District Commissioners possess no tax
able property, the said Judgment shall


be of equal force and effect before the
law as other judgments rendered by
Justices of the Peace for debt, and fo1
their collection any amount Of money
may be attached, without the usual
reservation Of SIN favor of the
debtor; ONO property shall be ex-
empt from execution for its collection


(see Sec. IL, II, Constitution of Mary
land } Or


Hard Roads.


! Sec. II. At their first meeting in