EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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4nd 294E of said Article be and the same are hereby repealed

and re-enacted with amendments, and that a new section be

added to said Article, to immediately follow Section 282, to be

known as Section 282A, to read as to said new section and said

sections which are hereby repealed and re-enacted as follows:

279. Matters affecting the public roads of the county, except

in incorporated towns, shall be under the control of the Board

Control.

of County Road Commissioners.

280. Matters affecting bridges upon public roads of the

county shall be under the control of the Board of County Road

Bridges.

Commissioners.

282A. In addition to the Road Commissioners whose elec-

tion is provided by Section 282 of this Article, the County

Commissioners of. Prince George's County shall, on or before

May 1, 1904, and thereafter, when a vacancy may occur from

any cause, appoint as Prince George's County Roads Superin-

Appointing a

tendent a man having the degree of civil engineer, and expe-

road super-
intendent.

rienced in road and bridge building, who shall hold office for

four years, unless sooner removed for cause, and then only

upon charges preferred to said County Commissioners, who,

before trying said charges, shall furnish the said road super-

intendent a statement of 'the charges and specifications in writ-

ing. The said superintendent shall personally supervise and

direct all work on the bridges and culverts, and especially shall

draw all contracts and specifications for road and bridge work.

when done by contract. He shall lend such aid and assistance

to the trustees of the several districts as they may request, and

in all cases shall and must audit and pass on the bills of the

trustees, after examining their work, before said bills shall be

paid by the Board of Road Commissioners, who are hereby

prohibited from paying any such bills, unless approved by

said road superintendent. The said superintendent shall have

Right to sus-

power to suspend any road employee or contractor, subject to

pend em-
ployees.

the approval of the Board of Road Commissioners at their

next stated meeting. The said superintendent shall also, when-

ever directed by the Board of Road Commissioners, e'xamine

and report upon the condition of any section of road of said

county, and also upon the condition of any bridge of said

county. Said superintendent shall report annually, on or be-

fore the first day of January, to said Board of Road Commis-

sioners, and also to the Board of County Commissioners, under

oath in detail, all money spent for labor and material on each

road and in each election district the amount of hard material

used on each road, the mileage of work done by machines, all