EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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able monthly; and the said County Road Engineer shall hold

his office and be paid for his services from the first day of July,

1904, until removed for cause, as hereinafter provided ; and the

said County Commissioners shall make such appointments

without any reference whatever to the political opinions of the

person so appointed.

208. The said County Road Engineer shall not be liable to

removal from office for any reason other than incompetency

County Road

or wilful neglect of duty, and then upon the sworn complaint of

Engineer's
liability for

ten or more resident taxpayers of Caroline County, to be filed

removal from
office.

with the said County Commissioners, or upon complaint by

the Clerk of the said County Commissioners, filed by their di-

rection; and every such complaint shall state specifically the

nature and character of the charge preferred, of which due

notice shall be given the said County Road Engineer; and if

the said County Commissioners, after hearing said charges,

at which the Engineer and the parties making complaint shall

be entitled to be represented by counsel and to produce any

competent testimony, shall find that said County Road En-

gineer is incompetent or has been guilty of wilful neglect of

duty, it shall be their duty to immediately remove said County

Road Engineer from office; but either party to such hearing

shall be entitled to an appeal from the decision of said County

Commissioners to the Circuit Court for Caroline County, pro-

vided that said appeal is taken within five days thereafter,

which appeal shall be heard de novo by said court at its next

regular term, without the intervention of a jury; and if the said

Incompetency

court, after hearing all the evidence, shall find that the said

or neglect of

County Road Engineer is incompetent or has been guilty of wil-

duty.

ful neglect of duty, it may pass an order removing said En-

gineer from office, in which case the said Engineer shall not be

entitled to receive any salary from the date of the order of the

County Commissioners from which such appeal is taken.

209. The County Road Engineer shall reside in Caroline County

during the term of his office, and shall have entire charge, control
and supervision of the working, repairing and reconstructing of

To have entire
charge and
control of re-

the public roads and bridges in Caroline County, and shall make

pairing and
constructing

all specifications for the building of new roads and bridges. He

roads and
bridges.

shall employ such help, teams and implements as he may deem

necessary for the working, repairing and reconstructing said

roads and bridges, to be paid by the County Commissioners,

provided that he shall not employ any person or persons to be

paid a greater amount than one dollar per day without first

obtaining the written consent of the County Commissioners for