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LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1839.

	An ACT Supplemental to an Act, entitled, an Act relating to the Public Roads in Talbot County, passed December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, chapter three hundred and four. — 1839, ch. 70.
On neglect to furnish hands, &c. to work on roads, penally therefor.	SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the first day of April next, if any taxable inhabitant of Talbot county, when called upon according to the provisions of the original act to which this is u supplement, shall, without good reason, neglect or refuse to furnish their respective proportion of hands, carts and teams, with the ne- cessary utensils and implements to work the public roads, he, she or they so neglecting or refusing, shall be liable to a fine of one dollar for each and every hand, cart or team, he was called upon to furnish under the provisions of said original act.
Fines re- covered st suit of su- pervisor.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the fines hereby provided for, shall be sued for and recovered at the instance of the supervisors of the road, in the name of the state, before any justice of the peace in said county, in the same manner as small debts are recoverable by law, and when collected, they shall be by said supervisor, paid over to the commissioners of said county, to be applied by them for the repairs and uses of the public roads of the county aforesaid. AN ACT relating to the Sheriff of Talbot County.— 1839, ch. 184.
Sheriff allowed 12 1/2 per cent, for collect- ing officers' fees.	Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the first day of June next, the sheriff of Talbot county shall have and receive twelve and a half per cent, commission for the collection and paying over officers' and attorneys' fees.

	WORCESTER COUNTY. A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act to abolish the Commissioners of the Tax and Levy Court of Worcester County, provide for the elec- tion of Commissioners for said County by the People, and to prescribe their duties .—1839, ch. 64.
Commis- sioners au- thorized to appoint a clerk.	SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the commissioners elected under the provisions of the original act to which this is a supplement, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a clerk other than the clerk provided by the original act, to discharge such duties as were heretofore discharged and performed by the clerk to the commissioners of the tax of said county.
His com- pensation.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners are hereby authorized to allow the clerk appointed under the pro-