4638 ARTICLE 21.

said report he shall be allowed the service of a stenographer and type-
writer to be paid by the County Commissioners a sum not to exceed twen-
ty-five dollars for said services. The said County Road Engineer shall
not be interested in any firm or corporation from which anything shall
be purchased for the use of said roads or bridges, nor receive any com-
mission on said purchase, by gift or otherwise.

1912, ch. 638, sec. 171E.

412. The Road Engineer shall give bond in the penalty of five thou-
sand dollars ($5,000) with such security as the County Commissioners
may approve, for the use, safekeeping and due return of all property
which may be in his charge in the course of his duties.

1912, ch. 638, sec. 171F.

413. If the said engineer shall fail to keep the accounts or make the
reports as herein set forth, or shall wilfully make false reports and ac-
counts, he shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury of Talbot county;
and, if convicted, in the Circuit Court thereof, shall be fined a sum in
the discretion of the Court not exceeding three hundred dollars, or be
imprisoned for not more than six months, or both fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the Court.

1912, oh. 638, sec. 171G.

414. Whenever any person or persons shall desire to improve any pub-
lic road in said county to an extent beyond that contemplated by the Coun-
ty Road Engineer, they may make application to the County Commission
ers by petition, setting forth the location of the road to be improved, the
extent and character of the improvement and the probable cost thereof;
and the said County Commissioners shall thereupon order the County
Road Engineer to examine the location and purpose set forth in the peti-
tion, and if he shall be of the opinion that the public interest will be
promoted thereby he shall report his determination to the County Com-
missioners, setting forth his reasons for such determination, and an esti-
mate of the costs of such improvement, and if the County Commissioners
shall approve the report of the said County Road Engineer, they shall
direct the expenditure of any amount not to exceed one-half the total of
said estimate, to be paid out of the road levy or of other moneys belong-
ing to the county; provided, that the petitioner for such improvements
shall first pay into the treasury of the county an amount not less than
one-half of said estimate; and all of said money shall be expended in such
improvement under the direction of the County Road Engineer in the
manner in this act provided for regular road repair and construction.

1912, ch. 638, sec. 171H.

415. It shall not be lawful for the County Commissioners to open any
new public road in Talbot county until they shall have such proposed road